Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Vegetation Floristics, Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia, 1990-2014

Abstract: The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network Vegetation Floristics data package for Royal National Park contains information on the herbaceous species present in permanent plots arranged in eight 30 metre transects. These sites were originally established in 1990, and then sampled annually until 1994, and subsequently in 1999, 2001, 2007, 2011 and 2014. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network’s full program is provided at https://doi.org/10.25911/5c130ca59c5a8. Sampling method: This study used the National Herbarium of New South Wales as a reference. The data includes records of the species Themeda australis, a synonym of the currently accepted Australian Plant Census name Themeda triandra. Study extent: These sites were originally established in 1990, and then sampled annually until 1994, and subsequently in 1999, 2001, 2007, 2011 and 2014. The transect quadrat T6Q6 was not surveyed in 2014. Project funding: 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.

Type

collection

Title

Alternate Title

Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network: Vegetation Floristics Royal National Park, 1990-2014

Collection Type

Dataset

Access Privileges

Long Term Ecological Research Network

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

10.25911/5c36e061dc7da

Website Address

https://datacommons.anu.edu.au/

Metadata Language

English

Data Language

English

Brief Description

The Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network Vegetation Floristics data package for Royal National Park contains information on the herbaceous species present in permanent plots arranged in eight 30 metre transects. These sites were originally established in 1990, and then sampled annually until 1994, and subsequently in 1999, 2001, 2007, 2011 and 2014. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Upland Heath Swamps Plot Network’s full program is provided at https://doi.org/10.25911/5c130ca59c5a8.

Full Description

Methods

Title Plot set-up

Number 1

Instrument Steel pickets, measuring tape, GPS

Description In 1990, 56 permanent 0.5 x 0.5 metre plots were established along eight 30 metre transects arranged in pairs, with each transect comprising seven plots spaced 5 metres apart. The four transect pairs are spaced a mean distance of 211 metres apart (min = 104 m; max = 323 m).

Title Floristics

Number 2

Instrument

Description At each census, the abundance (number of stems) of all herbaceous species in each plot has been recorded.

File Descriptions

Name kuhs_rnp_vegetation_floristics_1990-2014_p583t1043.csv

Description

abundance

definition	Number of stems
ratio number type	whole
ratio standard unit	number

caps

definition	Census of Australian Plant Species Code
nominal text definition	Numeric code

number of records

31304

species

definition	Species name
nominal text definition	Character

trans_quad

definition	Plot identifier (e.g. T1Q1 = transect 1; quadrat 1)
nominal text definition	Character

year

date time format	YYYY
definition	Year

Contact Email

david.keith@environment.nsw.gov.au; christopher.simpson@unsw.edu.au; k.wilkins@unsw.edu.au; mark.tozer@environment.nsw.gov.au; r.woodward@unsw.edu.au; t.mason@unsw.edu.au; david.keith@unsw.edu.au

Contact Address

Australian Wetlands, Rivers and Landscapes Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales SYDNEY, NSW, 2052 Australia

Contact Phone Number

+61 2 9995 5000; +61 409 159 334; +61 2 9385 8435; +61 2 9585 6496; +61 2 9585 6051; +61 2 9385 8296; +61 2 9385 2111; +61 427 856 498; +61 428 810 214

Principal Investigator

David Keith

Supervisors

David Keith

Collaborators

Chris Simpson; Katy Wilkins; Mark Tozer; Renee Woodward; Tanya Mason

Fields of Research

0602 - Ecology

Keywords

GCMD:Earth Science > Biosphere > Vegetation; GCMD:Earth Science > Biosphere > Vegetation > Vegetation Species; LTERN Monitoring Theme:Plant species composition; LTERN Monitoring Theme:Plant species abundance; keyword:Royal National Park; keyword:Plant species; keyword:Floristics; Upland Heath Swamps; Royal National Park; Vegetation Floristics

Type of Research Activity

Pure basic research

Date Coverage

Date To 2014

Date From 1990

Geospatial Location

Location Value Royal National Park, Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia

Location Type text

Location Value northlimit = -34.044; southlimit = -34.262; westlimit = 150.935; eastLimit = 151.17

Location Type iso19139dcmiBox

Year of data publication

2018

Creator(s) for Citation

Surname Keith

Given Name David

Surname Simpson

Given Name Chris

Surname Wilkins

Given Name Katy

Surname Tozer

Given Name Mark

Surname Williams

Given Name Dick

Surname Mason

Given Name Tanya

Publisher for Citation

Long Term Ecological Research Network

Publications

Identifier Value 10.1098/rspb.2014.2102

Publication Reference Letten, A.D., Keith, D.A. & Tozer, M.G. (2014) Phylogenetic and functional dissimilarity does not increase during temporal heathland succession. Proc. Roy. Soc. B., vol, 281, Issue 1797, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2102

Publication Title Phylogenetic and functional dissimilarity does not increase during temporal heathland succession

Identifier Type doi

Identifier Value 10.1111/1365-2745.12428

Publication Reference Letten, A. D., Keith, D. A., Tozer, M. G., Hui, F. K.C. (2015) Fine-scale hydrological niche differentiation through the lens of multi-species co-occurrence models. Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12428

Publication Title Fine-scale hydrological niche differentiation through the lens of multi-species co-occurrence models

Identifier Type doi

Identifier Value 10.2307/3235858

Publication Reference Keith, D. A. and Bradstock, R. A. (1994). Fire and competition in Australian heath: a conceptual model and field investigations. Journal of Vegetation Science 5, pp. 347-354, https://doi.org/10.2307/3235858

Publication Title Fire and competition in Australian heath: a conceptual model and field investigations

Identifier Type doi

Identifier Value 1324-7255

Publication Reference Keith, D. A. (1995a). Mosaics in Sydney heathland vegetation: the roles of fire, competition and soils. CALMScience Supplement 4, 199-206.

Publication Title Mosaics in Sydney heathland vegetation: the roles of fire, competition and soils

Identifier Type issn

Identifier Value 9780643108561

Publication Reference Keith, D. A., Lindenmayer, D. B., Lowe, A., Russell-Smith, J., Barrett, S., Enright N. J., Fox, B. J., Guerin, G., Paton, D. C., Tozer, M. G. and Yates, C. J. (2014). Heathlands. In: Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction. Lindenmayer, D., Burns, E., Thurgate, N., and Lowe, A. Editors, pp215-285. CSIRO, Melbourne.

Publication Title Heathlands

Identifier Type isbn

Other Related Identifiers

MorphoId:ltern3.105; PackageId:583

Access Rights

Special Conditions: Prior to publication of research utilising this data, the data provider (David Keith) requests consultation.

Access Rights Type

Open

Rights held in and over the data

Creative Commons Licence (CC BY- Attribution) is assigned to this data. Details of the licence can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Licence Type

CC-BY - Attribution (Version 4)

Licence

LTERN Deed: 13 Date of execution: 2014-04-30 LTERN Deed: 14 Date of execution: 2014-04-30

Data Location

https://datacommons.anu.edu.au

Retention Period

Indefinitely

Data Management Plan

Download data files

Number of files: 1

Size: 1.29 MB

Identifier: anudc:5778

Status: Published
Published to:

Australian National University
Australian National Data Service