Connell Rainforest Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Dinden National Park and Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia

Abstract: This package contains location data for two long-term forest dynamic plots established in 1963 by Professor Joseph H. Connell (University of California, Santa Barbara): one plot in tropical rainforest in Davies Creek in Dinden National Park (1.7 ha, 25 km southwest of Cairns) and the other in subtropical rainforest near O'Reilly's Guest House in Lamington National Park (2 ha, 65 km south of Brisbane).

The Davies Creek plot was put in over an existing 0.4-ha plot established by the Queensland Department of Forestry in 1951, so the central part of the Davies Creek Plot has records extending back more than six decades. This plot was originally an untreated 'control' site against which the effects of various silvicultural treatments could be assessed, so this site has never been logged or thinned. The O'Reilly's plot consists of two 1-ha plots spaced approximately 600 m apart, but for analyses they have always been treated as a single unit. This plot has never been logged, but some selective logging has occurred just outside the plot boundary.

See Connell Rainforest Plot Network’s full program provided at https://doi.org/10.25911/5c13444388e1b for further details.

Sampling method: The Davies Creek Plot is a 1.7 hectare plot. The plot was selected by Prof. Joseph H. Connell in 1963 on the advice of his CSIRO collaborators Dr Len Webb and Mr Geoff Tracey, and was chosen for three reasons; it was accessible, it was unlogged, and a smaller 0.4 ha plot belonging to the Queensland Department of Forestry had already been established there in 1951.

The O'Reilly's Plot consists of two 1.0 hectare plots spaced 600 m apart, which have always been treated as a single unit for the purpose of analysis.

The same sampling methods are employed at both plots, at intervals of 1-6 years.

Study extent: Davies Creek, Dinden National Park, North Queensland and O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Southeast Queensland

Project funding: The National Science Foundation (USA) was the sole funder of this research between 1963 and 2003. The plots were unfunded from 2003–2011. Between 2012 and 2018 this project was solely funded through the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) a facility within the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) and supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.

摘要：本数据集包含由约瑟夫·H·康奈尔教授（加州大学圣巴巴拉分校）于1963年设立的两处长期森林动态样地的位置数据：一处位于凯恩斯西南25公里处的丁登国家公园戴维斯溪热带雨林样地（面积1.7公顷），另一处位于布里斯班以南65公里处拉明顿国家公园奥赖利宾馆附近的亚热带雨林样地（面积2公顷）。

戴维斯溪样地是在昆士兰州林业部1951年设立的现有0.4公顷样地基础上划定的，因此该样地的核心区域拥有超过60年的观测记录。该样地最初作为未受干扰的“对照”样地，用于评估各类营林处理措施的影响，因此从未进行过采伐或疏伐。奥赖利样地由两处间隔约600米的1公顷样地组成，但在分析中始终被视为一个整体单元。该样地从未进行过采伐，但样地边界外曾发生过选择性采伐活动。

如需了解更多详情，请参阅康奈尔雨林样地网络的完整项目方案：https://doi.org/10.25911/5c13444388e1b

采样方法：戴维斯溪样地面积为1.7公顷。该样地由约瑟夫·H·康奈尔教授于1963年根据其联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）合作者伦·韦伯博士与杰夫·特雷西先生的建议选定，选定原因有三：场地可达性良好、未受采伐干扰，且昆士兰州林业部已于1951年在此处设立了一处小型0.4公顷样地。

奥赖利样地由两处间隔600米的1.0公顷样地组成，在分析中始终被视为一个整体单元。

两处样地采用相同的采样方法，采样间隔为1至6年。

研究范围：北昆士兰州丁登国家公园戴维斯溪区域，以及南昆士兰州拉明顿国家公园奥赖利区域

项目资助：1963年至2003年间，本研究的唯一资助方为美国国家科学基金会。2003年至2011年间，样地研究无专项资助。2012年至2018年间，本项目仅由长期生态研究网络（LTERN）提供资助——该网络隶属于陆地生态系统研究网络（TERN），并由澳大利亚政府通过国家协同研究基础设施战略提供支持。