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Desert Ecology Plot Network: Vegetation Plot-data, Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 2012

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Dickman, Chris ; Wardle, Glenda
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Data users must request permission from the Data Provider (Glenda Wardle or Chris Dickman) before access to latitudinal and longitudinal data is granted.
• Data relating to the exact location of grids (i.e. latitudinal and longitudinal data) is restricted to mediated access in order to mitigate the risk of interference or theft of threatened or rare species.
• All other Project or Background Data will be open.

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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, sampled every April-May, however in 2012 there was not a complete survey, and so there are only 2 (Field River South and Main Camp) sites represented in this table. 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 Plot Network's full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-ecology

Issued: 2014-06-11

Modified: 2014-06-11

Data time period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-01-01

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text: Simpson Desert, Western Queensland.

Subjects
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | Biological Sciences | EARTH SCIENCE | Ecology | Flowering index | Long Term Ecological Research Network | PLANTS | Percentage cover of plant species | Plant species abundance | Plant species composition | Seeding index | Site Survey | Vegetation structure |

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ACN 633 798 857