Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Nocturnal Spotlighting Survey, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2017

These data are records of all nocturnal spotlighting observations at a set of sites within Nitmiluk National Park surveyed in either 2017 or 2018. A total of 20 sites were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods. Thirteen sites have prior monitoring through the Three Parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network which involved sampling at 5-6 year intervals at 220 plots established from 1996 – 2002. Seven sites have no prior monitoring. In 2017/18 a paired plot design was implemented at all sites, involving the duplication of some but not all survey methods at a second plot directly adjacent to the traditional plot. At each 100 x 100 m plot 6 x 10 minute meander walking searches were performed after dark using a spotlight. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Three Park Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/three-parks-savanna

这些数据记录了2017年或2018年在尼特米卢克国家公园（Nitmiluk National Park）内一系列站点进行的所有夜间聚光灯观测结果。研究人员采用多种调查方法，对20个站点的陆生脊椎动物群进行了调查。其中13个站点此前通过三公园（卡卡杜、利奇菲尔德和尼特米卢克）稀树草原火灾影响样地网络（Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network）进行过监测，该网络于1996-2002年建立了220个样地，采样间隔为5-6年。七个站点此前未进行过监测。2017/18年，所有站点均采用配对样地设计，即在与传统样地直接相邻的第二个样地中，重复部分（而非全部）调查方法。在每个100×100米的样地中，研究人员在日落后使用聚光灯进行了6次、每次10分钟的漫游式步行搜索。作为三公园稀树草原火灾影响样地网络完整项目的一部分，相关数据包的摘要可在以下网址获取：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/three-parks-savanna