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Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2015

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The 2015 LTERN Tropical Rainforest Plot Network Rainforest Tree Demographic Data contains stem measurement data from 7 of its 20, 0.5 ha (100 m x 50 m) permanent rainforest plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 1971 to 2015 managed by CSIRO. The CSIRO permanent rainforest plots are located within 60 km of the north Queensland coast between Mackay (21.5ºS, 149ºE) and the Iron Range on Cape York Peninsula (12.5ºS, 143ºE). The plots have a rainfall range of 1200 to 3500 mm, represent eleven vegetation types, six parent materials, and range from 15 m to 1200 m above sea level. Except for minor disturbances associated with selective logging on two plots, the plots were established in old growth forest and all plots have thereafter been protected. Plots were regularly censused and at each census the diameter at breast height (DBH) of all stems ≥10 cm DBH is recorded. Due to the wide geographical range of the plots, no species dominate, although the families Lauraceae, Rutaceae and Myrtaceae contribute a large number of species. The data collected from these 7 plots provides an insight into the floristical composition, structure and long term forest dynamics of Australian tropical rainforests and allows direct comparisons to be made with long-term monitoring plots at a global scale (Bradford, M.G., Murphy, H.T., Ford, A.J., Hogan, D. and Metcalfe, D.J. (2014). Long term stem inventory data from tropical rainforest plots in Australia. Ecology 95:2362. http://www.rainforest-crc.jcu.edu.au/publications/permanent_plots1.pdf. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Tropical Rainforest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/tropical-rainforest.

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Title Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2015
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/1b64bc1c-7862-40b3-a8c6-a08ceb717079
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
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Reference Period 01/01/2015 - 01/01/2015
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2015". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/tropical-rainforest-plot-network-rainforest-tree-demographic-data-northern-queensland-aust-2015