Supersites_Background and meta-data

An open-access article in the journal Koedoe introducing and describing the supersites can be downloaded from:

http://www.koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/viewFile/1107/1488

This article is accompanied by an online appendix providing further useful information regarding the supersites (see below), which can be downloaded from:

http://www.koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/viewFile/1107/1480

In the article the following information is provided:
• Rational for supersites
• Selection criteria for supersites
• Process followed for selecting supersites
• Management of supersites and management of research projects on supersites
• Data access for supersites

Furthermore, the following background data and description for each supersite is provided:
• Map showing location, drainage network, and access routes
• Phenology/seasonality
• Long-term average:
o Rainfall
o Herbivore biomass (per feeding guild)
o Herbaceous biomass
o Woody cover
o Fire history

In addition, the online appendix provides the following information:
• Morphometric features of land types in which supersites occur
• Landforms, soils and dominant vegetation associated with the landsystems in which the supersites occur
• Hydrogeological characteristics for the regions within which the supersites occur
• Annual rainfall for the supersites since 1940
• Historical average herbivore density for supersites (per species)
• Job-row-image codes for historical NGI (formerly CD:SM) aerial photography
• Aerial and ground photos for supersites (examples)
• Maps, showing supersites in relation to park-wide:
o Infrastructure (roads and camps)
o Long-term average annual rainfall
o Physiographic zones
o Geology
o Altitude and large rivers
o Mean annual A-pan equivalent evaporation
o Long-term fire return period
o Woody cover
o Herbivore (grazer, browser, mixed feeder and total herbivore) biomass
o Long-term dry-season elephant density
o Site locations and site identification numbers of Venter (1990) and VCA surveys on our within 5 km from supersites.

可从以下链接下载发表于《Koedoe》期刊的开放获取文章，该文对超级站点（supersites）进行了系统介绍与说明：
http://www.koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/viewFile/1107/1488

本文附带一份在线附录，内含与超级站点相关的更多实用信息（详见下文），可通过以下链接下载：
http://www.koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/viewFile/1107/1480

该文章涵盖以下核心内容：
• 超级站点的设立依据与核心理由
• 超级站点的遴选标准
• 超级站点的遴选实施流程
• 超级站点的运维管理及依托超级站点开展的研究项目管理
• 超级站点的数据获取渠道

此外，该文章还为每个超级站点提供了以下背景数据与专项说明：
• 标注站点位置、水系网络及通行路线的专题地图
• 物候与季节特征
• 长期平均监测数据：
o 降雨量
o 各取食功能群的草食动物生物量
o 草本植被生物量
o 木本植被覆盖率
o 火灾历史记录

此外，配套在线附录还包含以下拓展信息：
• 超级站点所在土地类型的形态计量特征
• 超级站点所属土地系统对应的地貌、土壤及优势植被类型
• 超级站点所在区域的水文地质特征
• 1940年以来超级站点的逐年降雨量数据
• 超级站点的历史平均草食动物种群密度（按物种分类）
• 历史NGI（前身为CD:SM）航空摄影的航线-行-影像编码
• 超级站点的航空与地面实拍照片（示例集）
• 展示超级站点与园区全域关联信息的专题地图，涵盖：
o 基础设施（道路与营地）
o 长期平均年降雨量
o 地貌分区
o 地质情况
o 海拔与大型河流分布
o 年平均A组蒸发皿等效蒸发量
o 长期火灾回归周期
o 木本植被覆盖率
o 草食动物（放牧型、取食木本型、混合型取食型及总草食动物）生物量
o 旱季长期平均大象种群密度
o 距超级站点5公里范围内Venter（1990）与VCA调查的站点位置及站点识别编号。