86cf6b44-cd41-427d-9609-e602e1e8d99d urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-25T05:49:23 creation ISO 19115 2016 Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot WOUR14, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2014 86cf6b44-cd41-427d-9609-e602e1e8d99d The Desert Uplands Plot Network Bird Count Data contains bird fauna data for 1 of 50 permanent 1 hectare plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. This data publication refers specifically to observations made at Plot WOUR14. The CSIRO permanent plots are situated in Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, and extend across four leasehold cattle properties that lie within an area approximately 50km by 50km. The plots represent three vegetation management strategies, namely: 1) clearing (where all trees and shrubs are removed); 2) thinning (where ground and midstorey vegetation is removed); and 3) unmodified native woodlands where significant thinning or clearing has not occurred. Within each 1 ha site, eight five-minute diurnal bird counts are conducted over a four day period. Two counts are completed per day at each site: one count in the morning within three hours of sunrise and the other a minimum of three hours after this period and before sunset. This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 2004 to 2014. Note that previous studies were undertaken at 60 permanent 1 hectare plots and that this data is accessible as a composite data package: Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2015): Desert Uplands Plot Network, Bird Count Data and Notes, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2014. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.285/html. The spatial coordinates for this plot are provided in the following data publication: Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Northern Queensland, Australia. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.167/html The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013 and 2014. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Uplands Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-uplands {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[144.688969, -21.235266], [145.191784, -21.235266], [145.191784, -20.762424], [144.688969, -20.762424], [144.688969, -21.235266]]]} 144.688969 145.191784 -21.235266 -20.762424 Birds Grazing domestic livestock http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.416/html documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital PNG