Vertebrate Fauna Biodiversity Monitoring, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Cape Tribulation, CTBCC, 2015

Monitoring of distributional and abundance data for Australian tropical rainforest vertebrates is required to inform a wide range of comparative studies on the determinants of biodiversity and assess the impacts of global climate change. The data set here serves as monitoring transects at Lamb Uplands (including Robson Creek node) and James Cook University Daintree Rainforest Observatory (Cape Tribulation node), for which data was collected using standarised survey techniques to assess distribution and abundance of vertebrates. It is part of a larger monitoring project that bisects latitudinal and elevational gradients across 5 mountain ranges in the Wet Tropics region. A monitory transect at the James Cook University Daintree Rainforest Observatory (Cape Tribulation node) is represented by 3 points along a 400m site for which birds are surveyed. The dataset here represents the monitoring at ~50m asl at the James Cook University Daintree Rainforest Observatory (TERN FNQ Supersite, Cape Tribulation node) at which biannual avifauna surveys will be conducted by The College of Marine and Environmental Sciences (CMES) at James Cook University (JCU) has a Memorandum of Understanding between TERN FNQ Rainforest SuperSite.

为开展关于生物多样性决定因素的各类比较研究，以及评估全球气候变化的影响，亟需对澳大利亚热带雨林脊椎动物的分布与种群丰度数据进行监测。本数据集涵盖兰姆高地（含罗布森溪监测节点）与詹姆斯·库克大学丹特里雨林观测站（苦难角节点）的监测样线，采用标准化调查方法采集该区域脊椎动物的分布与丰度数据。该数据集是一项大型监测项目的组成部分，该项目横跨湿热带地区5条山脉的纬度与海拔梯度。
詹姆斯·库克大学丹特里雨林观测站（苦难角节点）的监测样线，由400米样地内的3个监测点位组成，用于开展鸟类调查。本数据集对应詹姆斯·库克大学丹特里雨林观测站（TERN FNQ超级站点，苦难角节点）海拔约50米处的监测工作，该站点将由詹姆斯·库克大学（JCU）海洋与环境科学学院（CMES）开展每半年一次的鸟类区系调查，且该站点与TERN FNQ雨林超级站点签署了谅解备忘录。