Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts) for Plot WOUR15, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013

The LTERN Desert Uplands Plot Network Vegetation Survey Data contains presence data, species richness data and structural data for 1 of 60 (50 after 2008) permanent 1 hectare plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. This data publication refers specifically to observations made at Plot WOUR15, and this data is accessible as a composite data package at the following location: Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Vegetation Survey (Presence Data, Species Richness and Stem and Hollow Counts), Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.143.33/html The CSIRO permanent plots are situated in Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, and extend across four leasehold cattle properties that lie within an area approximately 50km by 50km. The plots represent three vegetation management strategies, namely: 1) clearing (where all trees and shrubs are removed); 2) thinning (where ground and mid-storey vegetation is removed); and 3) unmodified native woodlands where significant thinning or clearing has not occurred. The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2013. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Uplands Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-uplands

长期生态研究网络（Long Term Ecological Research Network, LTERN）沙漠高地样地网络植被调查数据集，涵盖澳大利亚昆士兰州北部60个永久性1公顷样地（2008年后剩余50个）中1个样地的物种存在数据、物种丰富度数据与群落结构数据。本数据出版物特指针对WOUR15样地的观测结果，该数据集以组合数据包形式可通过以下链接获取：Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): 《沙漠高地样地网络：植被调查（物种存在数据、物种丰富度及茎秆与树洞计数数据），澳大利亚昆士兰州北部，2013年》，长期生态研究网络，http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.143.33/html

澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, CSIRO）永久性样地设于热带铁木林（Tropical Ironbark Woodlands）中，分布于约50km×50km范围内的4个租赁牧牛牧场内。

该批样地涵盖3种植被管理策略，具体如下：1）皆伐处理：移除所有乔木与灌木；2）疏伐处理：移除地表层与中层植被；3）原生未干扰林分：未开展大规模疏伐或皆伐作业。

沙漠高地研究样地于2004年正式设立，并分别于2005、2006、2008及2013年进行了回访调查。沙漠高地样地网络完整项目所采集的相关数据包概要，可通过以下链接查阅：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-uplands