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Description

Digital Cover Photography (DCP) upward-looking images are collected ideally twice per year (depending upon travel availability) to capture vegetation cover at Alice Mulga SuperSite. These images can be used to estimate Leaf area index (LAI), Crown Cover or Foliage Projective Cover (FPC). The Alice Mulga SuperSite was established in 2010 at Pine Hill Cattle Station with research plots located in low open woodland Mulga (Acacia aneura) and non-Acacia, hummock grassland, and river red gum forest. The core 1 ha plot is located in a dense Mulga woodland (cover 70–80%). For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/alice-mulga-supersite/ . Other images collected at the site include photopoints, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed under and overstorey cameras, panoramic landscape and ancillary images of fauna and flora.

Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
The Alice Mulga SuperSite was established in 2010 in partnership with the University of Technology Sydney.

Lineage

Data Creation
SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocol:

12.2 Digital Cover Photography

Temporal coverage

From 8/10/2011

Dates

Creation date

8/10/2011

Publication date

4/29/2021

Revision date

12/16/2024

Citation information

How to cite this collection:

Cleverly, J., Boulain, N., Grant, N. M., Faux, R., Nolan, R., Ewenz, C. & Gallegos Carboneras, J. (2021): Digital Cover Photography (DCP) from TERN Alice Mulga SuperSite. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. (Dataset). https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/TERN/6ee47825-1a8d-46d8-8316-d7e1a19c6f36

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
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