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Kidman Springs fire experiment 1993-2013

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This dataset provides understorey herbaceous biomass, ground cover and overstorey woody cover response to different fire regimes over a twenty year period at a grassland and open woodland in the tropical savannas of northern Australia. BOTANAL was used to assess understorey herbaceous biomass. Woody canopy cover was derived from digital analysis of oblique aerial imagery taken from a helicopter at the site in 1995 and again in 2013. Woody cover (tree basal area and canopy cover) was also assessed using a bitterlich gauge on BOTANAL ground based transects in 2009. The data could be used to calibrate models of herbaceous growth and woody cover change in response to long term fire. It may be useful for assessing climate change impacts on aboveground carbon sequestration. The fire regimes tested were of varying frequency (every 2, 4 and 6 years) and season (June vs. October) of fire compared to unburnt controls on woody cover and pasture composition. Sites were open to grazing by cattle.

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Title Kidman Springs fire experiment 1993-2013
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/be00f3d8-ccc4-4152-ba1c-2fc0de02ca76
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
robyn.cowley@nt.gov.au
Reference Period 04/10/1993 - 17/10/2013
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Kidman Springs fire experiment 1993-2013". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/kidman-springs-fire-experiment-1993-2013