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Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network: Herpetofaunal Search Data (Summer), Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, 2014

Citation: Lindenmayer, D (): Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network: Herpetofaunal Search Data (Summer), Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, 2014. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.312.19/html

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Metadata
Data 2

Identifier

docid: ltern2.312.19

Data Creators

Individual: Professor David Lindenmayer

Position: Principal Investigator

Organization: Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University

Abstract: This herpetofaunal search data package comprises herpetofaunal data recorded along permanent 100 m transects along which three artificial substrates have been incorporated. At the 20 m and 80 m points along each transect two sheets of corrugated iron, four roof tiles and four half-length railway sleepers, are situated. Searches for reptiles and frogs are conducted bi-annually, once in August and again in December of each year. The Jervis Bay 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. The Jervis Bay Plot Network study forms part of the collection of data packages by this plot network. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Jervis Bay Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/jervis-bay-booderee-national-park.

Contacts for Questions on the Use and Interpretation of Data

Individual: Professor David Lindenmayer

Position: Principal Investigator

Organization: Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University

Address: Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
Frank Fenner Building (Building 141), Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
Canberra. ACT 0200

Phone

voice: 02 61250654

Email Address: david.lindenmayer@anu.edu.au

Individual: Mr Christopher MacGregor

Position: Manager, Participant

Organization: The Australian National University

Address: The Fenner School of Environment and Society
ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, The Australian National University
Canberra. ACT 0200

Phone

voice: +61 2 4442 2238

Email Address: christopher.macgregor@anu.edu.au

Project Information and Data Owners

Title: Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network

Personnel

Role: Data Owner

Individual: Professor David Lindenmayer

Position: Principal Investigator

Organization: Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University

Role: Data Owner

Organization: Director of National Parks (Parks Australia)

Funding: Since 2012 this project has been part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN). LTERN is a Facility within the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN). TERN is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy. This research has also been funded by means of an ARC Linkage Grant

Methods and Sampling Information

Methods

Method Step 1

Description: Plot Setup

The 110 permanent sites in the study at Booderee National Park were first identified 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).

The features of the experimental design - 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 0m point a steel post has been placed at 20m intervals along a 100m long transect.

Method Step 2

Description: Substrate and active search survey

Reptiles are counted using artificial substrates along a permanent 100 m long transect every year. Sites are surveyed for reptiles and frogs using artificial substrates. Two sheets of corrugated iron, four roof tiles and four half-length railway sleepers have been placed at the 20 m and 80 m point of the transect. These transects are checked bi-annually in September and again in December of each year.

Instrument

Substrates (corrugated iron, roof tiles and half-length railway sleepers)

Sampling

Study Extent Description: Until December 2010 pitfall traps were used to capture small reptiles and frogs. Each site was trapped annually in December. Six pitfalls were placed each 20 m along a 100 m transect. Pitfalls were opened for three consecutive nights. Post 2010 sites are surveyed for reptiles and frogs using artificial substrates. Two sheets of corrugated iron, four roof tiles and four ‘half length’ railway sleepers have been placed at the 20 m and 80 m point of the transect. These transects are checked bi-annually, once in August and again in December of each year.

Sampling Description: The 110 permanent sites in the study at Booderee National Park were 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).

Associated Parties

Role: Land Owner

Organization: Department of Defence (some sites on Defence land)

Role: Land Owner and Manager

Organization: Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community

Keywords and Subject Categories

GCMD

Earth Science > Biological Classification > Animals/Vertebrates > Amphibians > Frogs/Toads
Earth Science > Biological Classification > Animals/Vertebrates > Reptiles

ANZSRC-FOR

0501
0602
0608

LTERN Monitoring Themes

Herpetofauna

Keywords

Herpetofauna

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, south-eastern Australia.

Bounding Coordinates

West: 150.590591 degrees

East: 150.76929 degrees

North: -35.114116 degrees

South: -35.195078 degrees

Temporal Coverage

Date: 2014

Taxonomic Coverage and Classification

Classification

Species

Acritoscincus platynota
Species

Antechinus stuartii
Species

Cryptophis nigrescens
Species

Ctenotus taeniolatus
Species

Cyclodomorphus michaeli
Species

Eulamprus quoyii
Species

Hemiaspis signata
Species

Lampropholis delicata
Species

Lampropholis guichenoti
Species

Litoria freycineti
Species

Morelia spilota
Species

Pseudophryne bibronii
Species

Uperoleia laevigata

Intellectual Rights, Licence and Usage Conditions: CC-BY-4_0 Special Condition 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 is possible.

Data Table

ljbb_reptile_abundance_summer_data_2014_p280t529.csv

Name: ljbb_reptile_abundance_summer_data_2014_p280t529.csv

Attribute Information

Name: id

Definition: Automatically generated record number

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Text Domain

Definition: Character

visit_code

Name: visit_code

Definition: Visit code

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Text Domain

Definition: Character

species

Name: species

Definition: Species recorded – scientific name. Blank data represents a nil capture

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Text Domain

Definition: Character

abundance

Name: abundance

Definition: Number of animals recorded

Measurement Type: ratio

Measurement Domain

Standard Unit: number

Number Type: whole

cover

Name: cover

Definition: Type of substrate

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Text Domain

Definition: Character

sex

Name: sex

Definition: Sex of animal (if known)

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Text Domain

Definition: Character

gravid

Name: gravid

Definition: If female, is she obviously pregnant?

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Text Domain

Definition: Character

comments

Name: comments

Definition: Comments intended to pertain to the survey data

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Text Domain

Definition: Character

Physical Structure Description

Object Name: ljbb_reptile_abundance_summer_data_2014_p280t529.csv

Text Format

Number of Header Lines: 1

Number of Footer Lines: 0

Record Delimiter: \r\n

Attribute Orientation: column

Simple Delimited

Field Delimiter: ,

Distribution

Online

URL: ltern2.309.3

Access

Access Control

Auth System: knb

Order: allowFirst

Allow:

Permission	Principal
[all]	cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
[read]	cn=pn_jervis_bay,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
[read]	cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org

ljbb_reptile_abundance_summer_visit_2014_p280t635.csv

Name: ljbb_reptile_abundance_summer_visit_2014_p280t635.csv

Attribute Information

Name: id

Definition: Automatically generated record number

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Text Domain

Definition: Character

site_code

Name: site_code

Definition: Site code

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Text Domain

Definition: Character

date

Name: date

Definition: Date

Measurement Type: dateTime

Measurement Domain

Format: YYYY-MM-DD

year

Name: year

Definition: Year; note that this will always be the year corresponding to the December of the summer in which the data capture occurs, even if some or all of the summer data capture ends up occurring in January or February; if the true year of data capture for an individual record is wanted use the year value from the "date" column

Measurement Type: dateTime

Measurement Domain

Format: YYYY

season

Name: season

Definition: Season of survey

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

S: Spring (Sep,Oct,Nov)

Sm: Summer (Dec,Jan,Feb)

A: Autumn (Mar,Apr,May)

W: Winter (Jun,Jul,Aug)

survey_day

Name: survey_day

Definition: There may be a single survey, or multiple surveys, at a given site; this number identifies which survey (1st, 2nd, etc.) it is

Measurement Type: interval

Measurement Domain

Standard Unit: number

Number Type: natural

plot_distance

Name: plot_distance

Definition: Survey point on transect

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

20: 20m point

80: 80m point

INC: Incidental record

start_time

Name: start_time

Definition: Start time of survey

Measurement Type: dateTime

Measurement Domain

Format: hh:mm

temperature

Name: temperature

Definition: “Temperature” from look-up list (subjective measure); if NA check comments for possible explanation

Measurement Type: ordinal

Measurement Domain

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

1: cold

2: cool

3: mild

4: warm

NA: not measured

wind

Name: wind

Definition: “Wind” from look-up list (subjective measure); if NA check comments for possible explanation

Measurement Type: ordinal

Measurement Domain

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

0: calm

1: light

2: moderate

3: windy

NA: not measured

cloud

Name: cloud

Definition: “Cloud” from look-up list (subjective measure); if NA check comments for possible explanation

Measurement Type: ordinal

Measurement Domain

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

0: clear

1: scattered

2: broken

3: overcast

NA: not measured

grass_cover

Name: grass_cover

Definition: "Grass cover under the artificial substrate" from look-up list (subjective measure); if NA check comments for possible explanation

Measurement Type: ordinal

Measurement Domain

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

0: none

1: thin

2: medium

3: thick

NA: not measured

soil_moisture

Name: soil_moisture

Definition: “Soil moisture” from look-up list (subjective measure); if NA check comments for possible explanation

Measurement Type: ordinal

Measurement Domain

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

0: dry

1: some moisture

2: somewhat wet

3: wet

NA: not measured

external_grass_cover

Name: external_grass_cover

Definition: “Grass cover surrounding survey point” from look-up list (subjective measure); if NA check comments for possible explanation

Measurement Type: ordinal

Measurement Domain

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

0: none

1: thin

2: medium

3: thick

NA: not measured

comments

Name: comments

Definition: Comments intended to pertain to the plot or the site

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Text Domain

Definition: Character

visit_code

Name: visit_code

Definition: Visit code

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Text Domain

Definition: Character

observer_number

Name: observer_number

Definition: Encoded observer number

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Text Domain

Definition: Character

observer_type

Name: observer_type

Definition: Observer type

Measurement Type: nominal

Measurement Domain

Text Domain

Definition: Character

Physical Structure Description

Object Name: ljbb_reptile_abundance_summer_visit_2014_p280t635.csv

Text Format

Number of Header Lines: 1

Number of Footer Lines: 0

Record Delimiter: \r\n

Attribute Orientation: column

Simple Delimited

Field Delimiter: ,

Distribution

Online

URL: ltern2.310.2

Access

Access Control

Auth System: knb

Order: allowFirst

Allow:

Permission	Principal
[all]	cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
[read]	cn=pn_jervis_bay,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
[read]	cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org

Additional Metadata Links

Access

Access Control

Auth System: knb

Order: allowFirst

Allow:

Permission	Principal
[read]	public
[all]	cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
[read]	cn=pn_jervis_bay,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org