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Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network (Victorian Central Highlands Monitoring Project): Tree Fern Growth Study, Victoria, Australia, 2014
- Citation
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Lindenmayer, D; Blair, D (): Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network (Victorian Central Highlands Monitoring Project): Tree Fern Growth Study, Victoria, Australia, 2014. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern4.42.34/html
- Identifier
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- docid
- ltern4.42.34
- Data Creators
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- Individual
- Prof David Lindenmayer
- Position
- Principal Investigator
- Organization
- Fenner School of Environment and Society. Australian National University
- Individual
- Mr David Blair
- Position
- Senior Research Officer
- Organization
- Australian National University
- Abstract
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We measured 5 years of growth of 335 Cyathea australis and Dicksonia antarctica after a large wildfire in 2009 in south-eastern Australia. The ferns were in 4 separate geographic locations (Wallaby Creek, Marysville, Toolangi and O’Shannassy) and sites within each area had different environmental variables, which were measured (slope, aspect, elevation). Tree ferns had overall height measured using a tape measure and the new post-fire growth measured using calipers. The tree ferns were measured to determine average growth rates of the two species and which of the environmental variables were important for fern growth. We found growth rates of these two species were largely unaffected by static environmental variables or geographic location. However, growth rates were significantly related to initial height at the time of the fire; a finding consistent in both species and all geographic locations. These data underpinned the conclusions and analysis in the paper "Non-linear growth in tree ferns, Dicksonia antarctica and Cyathea australis" by David P. Blair, Wade Blanchard, Sam C. Banks, David B. Lindenmayer published in PLOS ONE (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176908).
- Contacts for Questions on the Use and Interpretation of Data
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- Individual
- Prof David Lindenmayer
- Position
- Principal Investigator
- Organization
- Fenner School of Environment and Society. Australian National University
- Address
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Frank Fenner Building (Building 141)
Fenner School of Environment and Society
Canberra. ACT 0200
Australia
- Phone
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- voice
- 02 61250654
- Email Address
- David.lindenmayer@anu.edu.au
- Project Information and Data Owners
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- Title
- Victorian Tall Eucalypt Forest Plot Network: Vegetation Survey Data, Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia
- Personnel
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- Role
- Principal Investigator
- Individual
- Prof David Lindenmayer
- Position
- Principal Investigator
- Organization
- Fenner School of Environment and Society. Australian National University
- Role
- Content Provider
- Individual
- Mr David Blair
- Position
- Senior Research Officer
- Organization
- Australian National University
- Funding
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Australian Research Council; Victorian Dept of Environment, Land, Water and Planning; Parks Victoria; Long Term Ecological Research Network within the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
- Methods and Sampling Information
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- Methods
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Method Step 1
- Description
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Sites identified in four geographic locations
Sites had to have been burnt at high severity in 2009, must contain a minimum of 10 tree ferns of one of the two species, preferably with a range of heights. Ferns must be alive. Each site had centroid and 25m radius that does not intercept a road.
- Instrument
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- Sites were not marked other than with GPS
Method Step 2- Description
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Data collection
If present, 10 tree ferns of each species were identified and their overall height measured as well as the new post-fire growth. Overall height with tape measure, new growth with callipers.
- Instrument
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- Tape measure, callipers.
Method Step 3- Description
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Documentation of data
Data is entered into spreadsheet and database from field sheets
- Instrument
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- Computer, database
- Sampling
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- Study Extent Description
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Vegetation sampling done between February and April.
- Sampling Description
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Sites were selected in areas where high severity fire had occurred and sufficient tree ferns were present. This was taken from fire maps, EVC maps and local knowledge.
- Associated Parties
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- Role
- Principal Investigator
- Individual
- Mr David Blair
- Position
- Senior Research Officer
- Organization
- Australian National University
- Role
- Metadata Provider
- Individual
- Mrs Elke Dawson
- Position
- Research Data Curator
- Organization
- Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN)
- Keywords and Subject Categories
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- GCMD Science Keywords
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- Earth science. Biosphere. Vegetation. Plant characteristics.
- LTERN Monitoring Themes
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- Vegetation structure
- Individual plants
- Fire
- ANZSRC-FOR Codes
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- 0602 Ecology
- 0607 Plant Biology
- Keywords List
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- Tree ferns, Dicksonia antarctica, Cyathea australis, growth rates
- Geographic Coverage
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- Geographic Description
- Victorian Central Highlands, Wallaby Creek, Toolangi, Marysville, O’Shannassy water catchment
- Bounding Coordinates
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- West
- 145.5 degrees
- East
- 146.125 degrees
- North
- -37.875 degrees
- South
- -37.875 degrees
- Temporal Coverage
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- Date
- 2014
- Taxonomic Coverage and Classification
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- Classification
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- Species
- Cyathea australis
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- Species
- Dicksonia antarctica
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- Intellectual Rights, Licence and Usage Conditions
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CC-BY-4_0 Special conditions: Prior to publication of research utilising this data, the data provider (David Blair) requests consultation. Spatial data has been mediated to protect potentially threatened species. Access may be granted through contact with David Blair.
- Data Table
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- Name
- lvic_sod_blair_plos_one_2016_p826_t991_data.csv
- Description
- Tree Fern Growth 2014
- Attribute Information
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Date
- Name
- Date
- Label
- Date
- Definition
- Survey date
- Measurement Type
- dateTime
- Measurement Domain
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- Format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Precision
- 0
Geographic region- Name
- Geographic region
- Label
- Geographic region
- Definition
- Geographic region of tree ferns
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Enumerated Domain
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- Code Definition
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- Marysville
- Marysville
- O'Shan
- O'Shannessy
- Toolangi
- Toolangi
- Wallaby Creek
- Wallaby Creek
Site- Name
- Site
- Label
- Site
- Definition
- Site of tree ferns
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Enumerated Domain
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- Code Definition
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- Lady Talbot Dve at Dicksons Tk
- Lady Talbot Dve at Dicksons Tk
- Marysville - WP opp site 5
- Marysville - WP opp site 5
- Paradise Plains Rd, 1.8km below Keppel Lookout
- Paradise Plains Rd, 1.8km below Keppel Lookout
- Site 805
- Site 805
- Tommys Bend, top of Yellowdog Rd
- Tommys Bend, top of Yellowdog Rd
- Yellowdog picnic area
- Yellowdog picnic area
- Yellowdog, 1.5k up from picnic area
- Yellowdog, 1.5k up from picnic area
- Yellowdog, above Olsens
- Yellowdog, above Olsens
- Paradise Plains / Rd 8 intersection
- Paradise Plains / Rd 8 intersection
- Rd 9 / Rd 7 intersection
- Rd 9 / Rd 7 intersection
- Rd 9 at 512
- Rd 9 at 512
- Rd 9, 1k E from Rd 7
- Rd 9, 1k E from Rd 7
- Rd 9, bw gate and Rd 7
- Rd 9, bw gate and Rd 7
- Blowhard Road at site 277
- Blowhard Road at site 277
- Chum Ck Rd, 3km down
- Chum Ck Rd, 3km down
- Chum Ck Rd, 5km down
- Chum Ck Rd, 5km down
- Klondyke Rd / Mt Klondyke Rd intersection
- Klondyke Rd / Mt Klondyke Rd intersection
- Nolans Rd
- Nolans Rd
- Sarlight Flats Tk, 0.3k from Blowhar
- Sarlight Flats Tk, 0.3k from Blowhar
- Rd 14, 0.2km E of Rd 2 at the creek
- Rd 14, 0.2km E of Rd 2 at the creek
- Rd 3 / Rd 14 intersection
- Rd 3 / Rd 14 intersection
- Rd 3, 0.5km W of Rd 15
- Rd 3, 0.5km W of Rd 15
- Rd 3, 0.7km S of Rd 12
- Rd 3, 0.7km S of Rd 12
- Rd 3, 1km from Rd 10
- Rd 3, 1km from Rd 10
- Rd 3, 200m from Rd 10
- Rd 3, 200m from Rd 10
Species- Name
- Species
- Label
- Species
- Definition
- Names of tree fern species
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Enumerated Domain
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- Code Definition
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- Ca
- Cyathea australis
- Da
- Dicksonia antarctic
Overall height (m)- Name
- Overall height (m)
- Label
- Overall height (m)
- Definition
- Overall height of tree ferns in metres.
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- meter
- Number Type
- natural
New growth (mm)- Name
- New growth (mm)
- Label
- New growth (mm)
- Definition
- New growth of tree ferns in millimetres.
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- millimeter
- Number Type
- natural
Original height (m)- Name
- Original height (m)
- Label
- Original height (m)
- Definition
- Original height of tree ferns in metres.
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- meter
- Number Type
- natural
Aspect- Name
- Aspect
- Label
- Aspect
- Definition
- East component of aspect based on sine of aspect angle (continuous value from -1 to +1) from neighbourhood geometry of the 20 m DEM
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- dimensionless
- Number Type
- real
Slope- Name
- Slope
- Label
- Slope
- Definition
- Slope based on neighbourhood geometry of the 20 m DEM.
- Measurement Type
- interval
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- degree
- Number Type
- real
Fire severity- Name
- Fire severity
- Label
- Fire severity
- Definition
- Severity of fire affecting tree ferns
- Measurement Type
- ordinal
- Measurement Domain
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- Enumerated Domain
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- Code Definition
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- 1
- crown scorch
- 2
- crown burn
- 3
- moderate crown scorch
- 4
- light or no crown scorch, understorey burnt
- 5
- no crown scorch, no understorey burnt
Forest type- Name
- Forest type
- Label
- Forest type
- Definition
- Forest type within which tree ferns are located
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Enumerated Domain
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- Code Definition
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- Mixed spp
- Mixed species
- Mountain Ash
- Mountain Ash
- Number Of Records
- 343
- Physical Structure Description
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- Object Name
- lvic_sod_blair_plos_one_2016_p826_t991_data.csv
- Size
- 33898 byte
- Text Format
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- Number of Header Lines
- 1
- Record Delimiter
- #x0A
- Attribute Orientation
- column
- Simple Delimited
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- Field Delimiter
- ,
- Distribution
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Online
- URL
- ltern4.44.3
- Access
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
- Order
- allowFirst
- Allow:
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Permission Principal [all] cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [read] cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [read] cn=pn_vc_tall_eucalypt,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
- Name
- lvic_sod_blair_plos_one_2016_p826_t993_spatial_data.csv
- Description
- Spatial data for regions
- Attribute Information
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geographic_region
- Name
- geographic_region
- Definition
- Geographic region of tree ferns
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- character
site- Name
- site
- Definition
- Site of tree ferns
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- character
gps_e- Name
- gps_e
- Definition
- East component of aspect based on sine of aspect angle (continuous value from -1 to +1) from neighbourhood geometry of the 20 m DEM
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- degree
- Number Type
- whole
gps_n- Name
- gps_n
- Definition
- North component of aspect based on cosine of aspect angle (continuous value from -1 to +1) from neighbourhood geometry of the 20 m DEM
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- degree
- Number Type
- natural
long_wgs84- Name
- long_wgs84
- Definition
- Longitude WGS84 decimal degrees
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
-
- Standard Unit
- degree
- Number Type
- real
lat_wgs84- Name
- lat_wgs84
- Definition
- Latitude WGS84 decimal degrees
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- degree
- Number Type
- real
elevation_1_100k_map- Name
- elevation_1_100k_map
- Definition
- Elevation meters above sea level (1:100k map)
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- meter
- Number Type
- integer
- Number Of Records
- 25
- Physical Structure Description
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- Object Name
- lvic_sod_blair_plos_one_2016_p826_t993_spatial_data.csv
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- #x0A
- Attribute Orientation
- column
- Simple Delimited
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- Field Delimiter
- ,u
- Distribution
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Online
- URL
- ltern4.48.1
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
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- Other Entity
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- Name
- lvic_sod_blair_plos_one_2016_p826_t992_summary.csv
- Description
- Summary detailing the number of ferns measured at each site, its aspect and altitude. Summary of slope details. Summary of average growth by species.
- Entity Type
- Other
- Physical Structure Description
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- Object Name
- lvic_sod_blair_plos_one_2016_p826_t992_summary.csv
- Size
- 1998 byte
- Externally Defined Format
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- Format Name
- text/plain
- Distribution
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- URL
- ltern4.46.2
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- Additional Metadata Links
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additionalLinksAdditional Metadata : additionalLinks
- Metadata
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- additionalLinks
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- url
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- @name
- Victorian Tall Eucalyptus Plot Network Homepage
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