Litchfield Park Fire Plot Data, Monitoring the Impacts of Fire Regimes on Vegetation in Northern Australia, Litchfield Savanna SuperSite, 1997-2011

The Three Parks 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 m2 plots. Faunal assessments are undertaken in the immediate vicinity of respective plots. These assessments are repeated every five years. Observations of fire incidence and severity on respective plots are undertaken annually. Data is available at: http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern.57.21/html

三公园网络（Three Parks Network）于1994年成立，其核心目标为开展管理人员培训，并助力区域热带稀树草原系统中基于保护理念的适应性野火管理方法的研发。该完整项目旨在评估火灾格局（fire regimes）及其对植物与脊椎动物生物多样性组分的影响。项目包含两个互补性组成部分：一是基于卫星影像（satellite imagery）解译的火灾历史制图，二是对分布于各公园内的多组大型永久监测样地（permanent monitoring plots）的植被与动物群落组分开展评估。植被数据涵盖对800平方米样地内三大植被层所有物种的定量监测。动物群落评估则在各监测样地的紧邻区域进行。上述评估每五年重复开展一次，而针对各监测样地的火灾发生情况与危害程度的观测则每年开展一次。相关数据可通过以下链接获取：http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern.57.21/html