Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Bird Count Survey, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2017

Abstract: These data are records of all bird observations at a set of sites within Nitmiluk National Park surveyed in either 2017 r 2018. A total of 20 sites were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods. Thirteen sites have prior monitoring through the Three Parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network which involved sampling at 5-6 year intervals at 220 plots established from 1996 – 2002. Seven sites have no prior monitoring. In 2017/18 a paired plot design was implemented at all sites, involving the duplication of some but not all survey methods at a second plot directly adjacent to the traditional plot. At each 100 x 100 m plot 9 x 10 minute meander walking searches were performed during daylight hours at different times of the day (morning, midday and late afternoon) during a 4 day period.

A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Three Park Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network’s full program is provided at https://doi.org/10.25911/5c35959d4530d

Project funding: Between 2012 and 2018 this project was part of, and 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：本数据集为2017年或2018年对尼特米鲁克国家公园（Nitmiluk National Park）内若干样点开展的全部鸟类观测记录。本研究共对20个样点采用多种调查方法开展陆生脊椎动物区系调查。其中13个样点此前已通过三公园（卡卡杜（Kakadu）、利奇菲尔德（Litchfield）与尼特米鲁克（Nitmiluk））稀树草原火灾效应样地网络（Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network）开展过监测，该网络于1996年至2002年间设立220个样地，并以5至6年为间隔开展采样；剩余7个样点无既往监测记录。2017/2018年度，所有样点均采用配对样地设计：在传统样地的紧邻区域增设第二个对照样地，针对部分（而非全部）调查方法开展重复观测。每个100×100米的样地均在4天的调查周期内，于日间不同时段（上午、正午与傍晚）开展9次时长为10分钟的蜿蜒行走观测。

三公园稀树草原火灾效应样地网络完整项目所收集的相关数据集概要，可通过以下链接获取：https://doi.org/10.25911/5c35959d4530d

项目资助：2012年至2018年间，本项目隶属于陆地生态系统研究网络（Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, TERN）下属的长期生态研究网络（Long Term Ecological Research Network, LTERN），并由澳大利亚政府通过国家合作研究基础设施战略提供资助。