Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Plot-based Vegetation Sampling Data, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2013

The Three Parks Savanna Fire-Effects Network was established in 1994 with the primary aim of training management staff and assisting with the development of adaptive approaches to conservation-based fire management in regional savanna systems. The full program assesses fire regimes and their impacts on plant and vertebrate biodiversity components. The program comprises two complementary elements - mapping of fire histories based upon interpretation of satellite imagery, and assessment of vegetation and faunal components at a large series of permanent monitoring plots located across respective parks. The vegetation data comprises quantitative assessment of all species in three major strata within 800 square metre plots. Faunal assessments are undertaken in the immediate vicinity of respective plots. The occurrence of fire is assessed bi-annually on-ground and satellite derived fire mapping is conducted three times a year. A full inventory of vegetation is undertaken every five years. Terrestrial vertebrates are monitored systematically but on an irregular and less frequent basis. This dataset comprises vegetation sampling data collected in April 2013 which is a subset of the fifth sampling visit to the 133 plots located in Kakadu National Park. *Note: Plots are located within a National Park and physical access to the plots is restricted. **Note: This package used to be called "Monitoring the impacts of fire regimes on vegetation in northern Australia: Plot based vegetation sampling data, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory Australia, April 2013" but has been relabelled for consistency.

三公园稀树草原火灾效应网络（Three Parks Savanna Fire-Effects Network）于1994年成立，其核心目标为培训管理人员，并协助制定针对区域稀树草原系统的保护性火灾管理适应性策略。该完整项目旨在评估火灾制度及其对植物与脊椎动物生物多样性组分的影响。项目包含两个互补组成部分：一是基于卫星影像解译的火灾历史制图，二是对分布于各公园的一系列永久监测样地的植被与动物组分开展评估。

植被数据采集工作为在800平方米样地内，对三个主要植被层的所有物种进行定量评估。动物组分评估则在各对应样地的紧邻区域开展。火灾发生情况每半年通过地面实地调查进行评估，卫星遥感火灾制图每年开展三次。植被全清单调查每五年进行一次。陆生脊椎动物采用系统性监测，但监测频率不规律且相对较低。

本数据集包含2013年4月采集的植被采样数据，该数据为对卡卡杜国家公园（Kakadu National Park）内133个样地开展的第五次采样调查的子集。

*注：样地位于国家公园范围内，实地进入样地受到限制。
**注：本数据包原名为《澳大利亚北部火灾制度对植被的影响监测：基于样地的植被采样数据，澳大利亚北领地卡卡杜国家公园，2013年4月》（英文原名：Monitoring the impacts of fire regimes on vegetation in northern Australia: Plot based vegetation sampling data, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory Australia, April 2013），后为保持一致性进行了重命名。