Brief description
This data package comprises data from a series of hemispherical photographs taken in July 2013, at the Connell Rainforest Plot near O’Reilly’s Guest House, 85 km south of Brisbane, Queensland. The 2.0 ha site consists of separate 1.0 ha plots separated by 600 m, but they have always been treated as a single entity. The site consists of mapped and tagged trees in all size classes from tiny seedlings to large canopy trees. Rates of recruitment, growth and mortality have been measured at intervals of 1-6 years with records extending back to 1963. The primary determinant of growth rate in the understorey is light. Gaps created by the death of large canopy trees have been systematically surveyed many times over the decades until 2002, with the boundaries of the gaps being noted on hand drawn maps. These maps have never been digitized, and the originals are held at the University of California. Copies of some later maps are held by Green at La Trobe University. 2013 was the first year a digital camera with a fish-eye lens was used to measure understorey light environments along the seedling transects. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Connell Rainforest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/connell-rainforest.Issued: 2014-09-12
Modified: 2014-09-12
Data time period: 2013-01-01 to 2013-01-01
text: Davies Creek National Park, Lamb Range, 25 km SW of Cairns 17 01 53 S, 145 37 32 E (One 1.7 ha plot)
Subjects
Biological Sciences |
BIOSPHERE |
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS |
EARTH SCIENCE |
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS |
Ecology |
Environmental Sciences |
Individual plants |
Long Term Ecological Research Network |
Other Environmental Sciences |
Plant species abundance |
Site Survey |
VEGETATION |
Vegetation structure |
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