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Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Plot-based Fire Severity Monitoring, Northern Territory, Australia, 1994+

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Russell-Smith, Jeremy, Professor ; Director of National Parks (Parks Australia) ; Darwin Centre for Bushfires Research, Charles Darwin University ; Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory
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Prior to publication of research utilising this data - the data provider (Jeremy Russell-Smith) must be consulted and provide consent.

Spatial coordinates for plots are available at http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern6.93/html (Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Northern Territory, Australia).
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This data package comprises fire severity scores from Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk from 1994 onwards. A total of 220 permanent monitoring plots (40 m x 20 m) were established across three parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk National Parks) in 1994-1995 to monitor biotic change. Of these, 133 plots are located in Kakadu, 41 plots are located in Litchfield and 46 plots are located in Nitmuluk. These sample a variety of landform and vegetation type/habitat conditions. A substantial proportion of plots were positioned deliberately at sites likely to reveal environmental dynamics, especially at ecotones and in patches of fire-sensitive vegetation (for example, stands of Callitris and sandstone heaths). In addition, many plots are located at, or in the near vicinity of, intensively managed sites such as camp-grounds and other tourist destinations. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Three Park Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network's full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/three-parks-savanna.

Data time period: 1994 to 2016

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text: Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

text: Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

text: Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

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Biological Sciences | BIOSPHERE | EARTH SCIENCE | Ecological Applications | ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS | Ecology | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Sciences | Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Prescribed Burns | Fire Ecology | Fire | Kakadu | Litchfield | National Parks | Nitmiluk | Savannas | Savanna | TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS | Vegetation | Vegetation structure |

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