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Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Understorey Floristic Data, Northern Queensland, Australia, 1972+

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The Tropical Rainforest Plot Network Rainforest Understorey Floristic Data contains understorey floristic data from all 20 of its 0.5 ha (100 m x 50 m) permanent rainforest plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. Data was collected for all plots at the time of establishment before 1981 and data was again collected for half of the plots post-2000.
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. In conjunction with the Tree Demographic Data packages which have been collected by the Tropical Rainforest Plot Network, the data collected from these 20 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. For further background data please refer to Bradford, M.G., Murphy, H.T., Ford, A.J., Hogan, D. and Metcalfe, D.J. (2014) "Long-term stem inventory data from tropical rain forest plots in Australia", Ecology, 95(8): 2362. Ecological Archives E095-209-D1. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/14-0458R.1 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. Data can be sourced from: http://doi.org/10.4225/08/59475c67be7a4 or https://data.csiro.au/dap/landingpage?pid=csiro:6638

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Title Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Understorey Floristic Data, Northern Queensland, Australia, 1972+
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/34038eda-a081-4da5-97d6-df34779dd55c
Contact Point
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Reference Period 01/01/1972 - 01/01/2016
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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: Understorey Floristic Data, Northern Queensland, Australia, 1972+". 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-understorey-floristic-data-northern-queensland-australia-1972