Brief description
This vegetation data package comprises structure and floristic data for selected points across grids described in related data packages. Vegetation attributes were recorded in an area occupying 2.5 m radius around six traps on each trapping grid and have been aggregated to grid level data. Percentage cover of all plant species, flowering index and seeding index (from 0-5, where 0 is no flowering or seeding and 5 is maximal flowering/seeding) were recorded and are presented here as plot averages which represent the mean amount of flowering or seeding per species. The network program uses a core of 12 sites. The trapping survey aims to quantitatively track long-term shifts in biodiversity and ecological processes in relation to key drivers, including unpredictable rainfall and droughts, fire, feral predators and grazing. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Ecology's full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-ecology.Issued: 2014-10-08
Modified: 2014-10-08
Data time period: 1990-01-01 to 2011-01-01
text: Simpson Desert, Western Queensland.
Subjects
Biological Sciences |
BIOSPHERE |
Climate change impacts and adaptation |
EARTH SCIENCE |
Ecology |
Long Term Ecological Research Network |
Plant species abundance |
Plant species composition |
Site Survey |
VEGETATION |
Vegetation structure |
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