| Type | collection
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| Title | Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network: Terrestrial Mammal Surveys, Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, 2012-2017
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| Alternate Title | Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network: Terrestrial Mammal Surveys, 2012-2017
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| Collection Type | Dataset
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| Access Privileges | Long Term Ecological Research Network
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| DOI - Digital Object Identifier | 10.25911/5c41517d64be1
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| Metadata Language | English
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| Data Language | English
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| Brief Description | This terrestrial mammal trapping data package comprises terrestrial mammal survey data recorded annually between 2012 and 2017 over three consecutive nights.
A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network’s full program is provided at https://doi.org/10.25911/5c3c070a5ee94
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| Full Description | Abstract: This terrestrial mammal trapping data package comprises terrestrial mammal survey data recorded annually between 2012 and 2017 over three consecutive nights.
Ten Elliott traps and six cage traps were baited and placed on each site.
The plot network was established in 2002 in Booderee National Park in the Jervis Bay Territory, south-eastern Australia. The study location is a floristically diverse area in which fire history has been well-documented over several decades. The plot network’s objectives involve quantifying the inter-relationships between natural disturbance and/or management intervention (including weed and feral animal control and prescribed burning) and the reciprocal changes in vegetation condition and biodiversity response.
This particular study forms part of the collection of data packages from the Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network’s full program is provided at https://doi.org/10.25911/5c3c070a5ee94
Sampling method: Since March 2007, surveying has taken place at a total of 130 sites. These include the original 110 permanent sites in the study at Booderee National Park, as first delineated in 2002, using two stratifying variables: (1) broad vegetation type (heathland, forest, woodland, etc.); and (2) past fire history – classified into four classes of time since the last fire (0-10 years, 11-20 years, 21-30 years and >30 years). Also included since March 2007 are 20 extra sites, set up as part of the “Bitou experiment”.
Study extent: Surveys have been conducted annually since 2003, over three consecutive nights using traps placed at specific intervals along a 100 m transect at sites in the plot network.
Project funding: Up until 2012 this project was funded by an ARC Linkage Grant and industry partners Parks Australia and the Department of Defence. Between 2012 and 2018 this project was part of, and funded through the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) a facility within the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) and supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.
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| Methods |
Number
1
Title
Plot setup
Description
Originally, in 2002, 110 permanent sites were identified for the study at Booderee National Park using two stratifying variables: (1) broad vegetation type (heathland, forest, woodland, etc.); and (2) past fire history – classified into four classes of time since the last fire (0-10 years, 11-20 years, 21-30 years and >30 years).
When the project started in 2003, it was based on the original number of sites, but in March 2007 the number of sites increased to 130, as a result of including 20 new sites set up as part of the “Bitou experiment”.
Features of the experimental design are: stratified random site selection, replication of classes, replication proportional to area, sampling of the plots both before and after unplanned wildfire, the occurrence of unburned ‘control’ sites and treatment (burned) sites, and continued surveys over time. Commencing at the 0 m point a steel post has been placed at 20 m intervals along a 100 m long transect.
Instrument
ArcGIS, GPS, tape measure, steel posts, reflective tape.
Number
2
Title
Terrestrial Mammal Trapping
Description
Surveys involve the use of 10 Elliott traps spaced 10 m apart and six cage traps (four small and two large) placed 20 m apart along the transect. Both Elliott and cage traps are baited with a mixture of peanut butter and rolled oats. The traps are checked within two hours of daylight for three consecutive mornings.
Instrument
Elliott traps, large cage traps, small cage traps, bait mixture (peanut butter and rolled oats).
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| File Descriptions |
Name
ljbb_mammals_trapping_data_2003+_p905t1222.csv
Description
| abundance | | definition | Count of number of animals in the trap | | ratio number type | whole | | ratio standard unit | number |
| | age_cohort | | definition | Growth stage; this is species specific, but is generally based on relative size and reproductive status; uncategorised individuals have a blank value | | ordinal text definition | Character |
| | description | Survey data for Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Terrestrial Mammal Trappings, 2003+ | | id | | definition | Automatically generated record number | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | number of records | 12647 | | recapture | | definition | Indicates that an animal was first captured in the current trapping period; a blank value indicates recapture status not recorded | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | sex | | definition | Sex of observed individual(s), if determinable | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | species | | definition | Scientific name of observed mammal | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | tissue | | definition | Tissue specimen collected | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | trap_number | | definition | Sequential number of the trap | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | trap_type | | definition | Type of trap | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | visit_code | | definition | Site visit code, linking survey data to visit table information | | nominal text definition | Character |
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Name
ljbb_mammals_trapping_visit_2003+_p905t1223.csv
Description
| comments | | definition | Miscellaneous observations pertaining to the visit (if any) | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | date | | date time format | YYYY-MM-DD | | definition | Survey visit date |
| | date_of_last_fire | | date time format | YYYY-MM-DD | | definition | Date of last fire at the site |
| | description | Visit information for Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Terrestrial Mammal Trappings, 2003+ | | number of records | 5561 | | site | | definition | Site code, which identifies the site and encodes its vegetation type | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | survey_season | | definition | Project-specified code for survey season | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | survey_year | | definition | Project-specified code for survey year | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | trapping_night | | definition | Number of nights trap open prior to this capture | | ratio number type | natural | | ratio standard unit | number |
| | visit_code | | definition | Site visit code, which is the site (minus its "site_" prefix) prefixed by a 3-digit year code (see PDF file that gives the mapping from calendar years to 3-digit visit code prefixes) and suffixed by a trapping_night number. For example, site="site_4-33" surveyed in 2003 on the third trapping night has a visit_code="031-4-33-3" ("031" represents the calendar year 2003). Links visit information to survey data | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | x_cages_open | | definition | Number of cage traps found open on trapping night | | ratio number type | whole | | ratio standard unit | number |
| | x_elliotts_open | | definition | Number of Elliott traps found open on trapping night | | ratio number type | whole | | ratio standard unit | number |
| | year | | date time format | YYYY | | definition | Calendar year |
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Name
ljbb_mammals_trapping_data_2012+_p905t1224.csv
Description
| abundance | | definition | Count of number of animals in the trap | | ratio number type | whole | | ratio standard unit | number |
| | age_cohort | | definition | Growth stage; this is species specific, but is generally based on relative size and reproductive status; uncategorised individuals have a blank value | | ordinal text definition | Character |
| | description | Survey data for Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Terrestrial Mammal Trappings, 2012+ | | id | | definition | Automatically generated record number | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | number of records | 2187 | | recapture | | definition | Indicates that an animal was first captured in the current trapping period; a blank value indicates recapture status not recorded | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | sex | | definition | Sex of observed individual(s), if determinable | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | species | | definition | Scientific name of observed mammal | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | tissue | | definition | Tissue specimen collected | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | trap_number | | definition | Sequential number of the trap | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | trap_type | | definition | Type of trap | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | visit_code | | definition | Site visit code, linking survey data to visit table information | | nominal text definition | Character |
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Name
ljbb_mammals_trapping_visit_2012+_p905t1225.csv
Description
| comments | | definition | Miscellaneous observations pertaining to the visit (if any) | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | date | | date time format | YYYY-MM-DD | | definition | Survey visit date |
| | date_of_last_fire | | date time format | YYYY-MM-DD | | definition | Date of last fire at the site |
| | description | Visit information for Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Terrestrial Mammal Trappings, 2012+ | | number of records | 1732 | | site | | definition | Site code, which identifies the site and encodes its vegetation type | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | survey_season | | definition | Project-specified code for survey season | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | survey_year | | definition | Project-specified code for survey year | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | trapping_night | | definition | Number of nights trap open prior to this capture | | ratio number type | natural | | ratio standard unit | number |
| | visit_code | | definition | Site visit code, which is the site (minus its "site_" prefix) prefixed by a 3-digit year code (see PDF file that gives the mapping from calendar years to 3-digit visit code prefixes) and suffixed by a trapping_night number. For example, site="site_12-28" surveyed on 12 December 2012, equivalent to the second trapping night of the survey, has a visit_code="121-12-28-2" ("121" represents the calendar year 2012). Links visit information to survey data. | | nominal text definition | Character |
| | x_cages_open | | definition | Number of cage traps found open on trapping night | | ratio number type | whole | | ratio standard unit | number |
| | x_elliotts_open | | definition | Number of Elliott traps found open on trapping night | | ratio number type | whole | | ratio standard unit | number |
| | year | | date time format | YYYY | | definition | Calendar year |
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Name
ljbb_mammals_trapping_visit_2003+_calendar_year_visit_code_prefix_p905t1253.pdf
Description
| description | Table showing which survey year codes, survey season codes, and visit code prefixes correspond to which calendar year(s) in the visit data tables (t1223 and t1225) |
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| Contact Email | david.lindenmayer@anu.edu.au
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| Contact Address | Fenner School of Environment & Society
ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
Frank Fenner Building 141
Linnaeus Way
CANBERRA, ACT, 0200
Australia
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| Contact Phone Number | +61 2 612 50654
+61 427 770 593
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| Contact Fax Number | +61 2 6125 0746
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| Principal Investigator | David Lindenmayer
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| Supervisors | David Lindenmayer
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| Collaborators | Australian Government Parks Australia
Australian Government Department of Defence
Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council
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| Fields of Research | 0602 - Ecology
0608 - Zoology
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| Keywords | GCMD:Earth Science > Biological Classification > Animals/Vertebrates > Mammals
LTERN Monitoring Theme:Mammals
keyword:Mammals
Jervis Bay Booderee National Park
Terrestrial Mammal Surveys
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| Type of Research Activity | Strategic basic research
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| Date Coverage |
| Date From | Date To |
| 2012-04-02 | 2017-12-12 |
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| Geospatial Location |
| Location Type | Location Value |
| Text | Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, New South Wales, Australia. |
| DCMI Box notation conformant with iso 19139 | northlimit = -35.114116; southlimit = -35.195078; westlimit = 150.590591; eastLimit = 150.76929 |
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| Date of data creation | 2018-10-24
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| Year of data publication | 2018
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| Creator(s) for Citation |
| Given Name | Surname |
| David | Lindenmayer |
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| Publisher for Citation | Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN), ANU Data Commons, The Australian National University
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| Related Websites |
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| Other Related Identifiers | MorphoId:ltern7.121
PackageId:905
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| Access Rights | Co-authorship with the data provider (Professor David Lindenmayer) of any publication of research utilising this data is an expected outcome.
The data provider requests consultation, including a summary of the proposed research and intended use before publication of research utilising this data if possible.
Please note that data collected prior to 2012 is available via mediated access only.
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| Access Rights Type | Open
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| Rights held in and over the data | Creative Commons Licence (CC BY) is assigned to this data. Details of the licence can be found at http://creativecommons.org.au/licences
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| Licence Type | CC-BY - Attribution (Version 4)
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| Licence | LTERN Deed: 48
Date of execution: 2017-07-10
Restrictions: All spatial data and all background data (i.e. data collected prior to 2012) is to be published with mediated access.
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| Retention Period | Indefinitely
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| Data Management Plan | No
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