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TERN Ecosystem Surveillance: Vegetation Stratum 

Ver: 2.0
Status of Data: onGoing
Update Frequency: asNeeded
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2025-12-02
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Accessed 58 times
Dataset Created: 2010-10-30
Dataset Published: 2025-06-16
Data can be accessed from the following links:
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URLHTTPTERN EcoPlots APIHTTPro-crate-metadata.jsonHTTPTERN EcoPlots Portal
How to cite this collection:
Sparrow, B., Tokmakoff, A., Leitch, E., Guerin, G., O'Neill, S., Macdonald, C., Lowe, A., Flitton, R., Saleeba, T., Coish, C., Starkey, M., Irvine, K., Francis, N., Potter, T., Pink, L., Finn, L., Martin-Fores, I. & TERN Ecosystem Surveillance (2025). TERN Ecosystem Surveillance: Vegetation Stratum. Version 2.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/fa6c786f-b762-42a0-9c3f-a1a7e8110bed 
This dataset lists the Vegetation Strata and the three most dominant species in each stratum identified at rangeland sites across Australia by the TERN Surveillance Monitoring team, using standardised AusPlots methodologies. Vegetation strata are methodically identified at each site as part of the AusPlots Structural summary and homogeneity method. The information provided includes the type of strata found and the three most dominant species on each stratum. 
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. TERN is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, NCRIS. 
Purpose
Vegetation strata information helps understand the structure of a site and forms the basis of NVIS level 5 vegetation structural description.  
Lineage
Data not provided. 
Method DocumentationAusPlots Rangelands Survey Protocols ManualAusplots Rangelands Survey Protocols Manual
Procedure Steps

1. 

AusPlots Rangelands Protocols - Vegetation Stratum:  

Australia's major biomes
Temporal Coverage
From 2010-10-30 to on going 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

ANZSRC - FOR
Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
Ecology
Terrestrial ecology
GCMD Sciences
BIOSPHERE - DOMINANT SPECIES
BIOSPHERE - FOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTURE
BIOSPHERE - VEGETATION
Horizontal Resolution
30 meters - < 100 meters
Parameters
most dominant species
second most dominant species
stratum type
third most dominant species
Temporal Resolution
Decadal
Topic
biota
environment
User Defined
TERN Surveillance Monitoring
Author
Sparrow, Ben
Co-Author
Tokmakoff, Andrew
Leitch, Emrys
Guerin, Greg
O'Neill, Sally
Macdonald, Christina
Lowe, Andy
Flitton, Rick
Saleeba, Tom
Coish, Caleb
Starkey, Michael
Irvine, Katie
Francis, Nikki
Potter, Tamara
Pink, Lachlan
Finn, Luke
Martin-Fores, Irene
TERN Ecosystem Surveillance
Contact Point
TERN Ecosystem Surveillance
Steen, Carly
Lewis, Donna
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
AusPlots Rangelands Survey Protocols ManualAusplots Rangelands Survey Protocols Manual
By Parent record
TERN Ecosystem Surveillance Monitoring
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