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Queensland Biodiversity and Ecology Information System (QBEIS)

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Queensland Herbarium ; Department of Environment and Science, Queensland Government
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These data have been released in the spirit of open scientific collaboration. Data users are encouraged to consider consultation with queensland.herbarium@qld.gov.au to minimize duplication of research. Please send citations and copies of publications that use this data to queensland.herbarium@qld.gov.au , copy esupport@tern.org.au

TERN services are provided on an “as-is” and “as available” basis. Users use any TERN services at their discretion and risk. They will be solely responsible for any damage or loss whatsoever that results from such use including use of any data obtained through TERN and any analysis performed using the TERN infrastructure.

Web links to and from external, third party websites should not be construed as implying any relationships with and/or endorsement of the external site or its content by TERN. Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting. Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.

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Brief description

The QBEIS survey database (formerly CORVEG) contains ecosystem physical and vegetation characteristics, including structural and floristic attributes as well as descriptions of landscape, soil and geologic features, collected at study locations across Queensland since 1982. The resulting survey database provides a comprehensive record of areas ground-truthed during the regional ecosystems mapping process and a basis for future updating of mapping or other relevant work such as species modelling.

Only validated survey data is made publicly available and all records of confidential taxa have been masked from the dataset. Data is accessible from the TERN Data Infrastructure, which provides the ability to extract subsets of vegetation, soil and landscape data across multiple data collections and bioregions for more than 100 variables including basal area, crown cover, growth form, stem density and vegetation height.

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Progress Code: onGoing
Maintenance and Update Frequency: annually

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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.
This work was jointly funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project, and the Queensland Government Research Infrastructure Co-investment Fund (RICF).
Purpose
The QBEIS study locations are primarily used for ground-truthing and validating of Regional Ecosystems (RE) mapping (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/ecosystems/descriptions), and describing and classifying vegetation mapping units.

Created: 2012-06-30

Issued: 2022-02-01

Modified: 2014-07-14

Data time period: 1982-01-01

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text: Various sites across Queensland, Australia

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1 meter - < 30 meters | BIOSPHERE | DOMINANT SPECIES | Degree | Degree Celsius | EARTH SCIENCE | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Sciences | Environmental Monitoring | FOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTURE | LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION | LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY | Megajoule Per Square Metre | Metre | Millimetre | Number | Number per hectare | Percent | SOIL CLASSIFICATION | Unitless | VEGETATION | animal grazing level (Unitless) | aspect angle (Degree) | average vegetative height (Metre) | biota | crown cover (Percent) | crown cover class (Unitless) | dry soil colour (Unitless) | environment | erosion present (Unitless) | erosion severity (Unitless) | erosion type (Unitless) | erosional landform pattern (Unitless) | extensive clearing present (Unitless) | feral digging present (Unitless) | fire height (Unitless) | fire present (Unitless) | fire proportion (Unitless) | flood present (Unitless) | geology - stratigraphic map unit (Unitless) | grazing present (Unitless) | ground cover - bare (Percent) | ground cover - cryptogam (Percent) | ground cover - green (Percent) | ground cover - litter (Percent) | ground cover - rock (Percent) | landform element (Unitless) | landform morphological type (Unitless) | landform pattern (Unitless) | landform situation (Unitless) | lithology type (Unitless) | logging present (Unitless) | maximum temperature (Degree Celsius) | maximum vegetative height (Metre) | minimum temperature (Degree Celsius) | minimum vegetative height (Metre) | non-remnant vegetation status (Unitless) | one off | precipitation annual mean (Millimetre) | relative species abundance (Percent) | roadwork present (Unitless) | roadwork proportion (Unitless) | salinity present (Unitless) | salinity proportion (Unitless) | scientific name (Unitless) | slope angle (Degree) | soil texture (Unitless) | soil type (Unitless) | solar radiation mean (Megajoule Per Square Metre) | species cover (Percent) | square metres per hectare | stem density (Number per hectare) | storm present (Unitless) | storm proportion (Unitless) | stratum type (Unitless) | structural formation (Unitless) | stumps count (Number) | temperature annual mean (Degree Celsius) | time since fire (Unitless) | time since roadwork (Unitless) | time since storm (Unitless) | treatment count (Number) | treatment presence (Unitless) | tree basal area (square metres per hectare) | vegetation community area (Unitless) | vegetation community extent (Unitless) | vegetation community is mapped to regional ecosystem (Unitless) | vegetation community is representative of regional ecosystem (Unitless) | vegetation community site context (Unitless) | weed cover (Percent) | weeds present (Unitless) |

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