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Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Arboreal Marsupial (stag-watch) Data, Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, 2013–2014

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The Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network Arboreal Marsupial Data contains plot-based arboreal marsupial fauna data collected intermittently at a rotating subset of 40 sites taken from the complete pool of 175 permanent plots studied by the plot network in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. Arboreal marsupials are counted using the stag-watching method (direct counts of nocturnal animals emerging from tree hollows at dusk). Hollow bearing trees or stags located within the 1 ha area are also measured, mapped and monitored over time. Each site is surveyed from dusk for approximately 1 hour. The stag-watching method uses one volunteer/ watcher per tree on site. A site with 30 trees requires 30 people. Animals are recorded as they emerge, noting; species, abundance, time, which tree they emerged from or whether it was just “on site”, whether it came from “off-site”, the type of hollow it emerged from and the tree number. Animals heard in the distance are also noted. This is part of a much larger dataset that began in1983, when the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network research plots commenced. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-tall-eucalypt-forest

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Title Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Arboreal Marsupial (stag-watch) Data, Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, 2013–2014
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/6d117694-bbb4-420b-abda-1d40ede2a3d8
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Reference Period 01/01/2013 - 01/01/2014
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This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Arboreal Marsupial (stag-watch) Data, Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, 2013–2014". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/victorian-tall-eucalypt-forest-plot-network-arboreal-marsupial-stag-watch-data-central-highland