Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Faunal Search (Diurnal Census for Vertebrates), Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2017

Abstract: These data comprise a systematic search for all vertebrate fauna at a set of sites within Nitmiluk National Park surveyed in either 2017 or 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 6 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 record of ‘X’ indicates identification of species from tracks or scats.

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 hhttps://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：本数据集涵盖2017年或2018年对尼特米鲁克国家公园（Nitmiluk National Park）内多个调查点位开展的所有脊椎动物区系系统性调查成果。
研究团队采用多种调查方法，共完成20个陆地脊椎动物区系调查点位的系统调查。其中13个点位已被纳入三公园：卡卡杜（Kakadu）、利奇菲尔德（Litchfield）、尼特米鲁克（Nitmiluk）稀树草原火灾效应样地网络的既往监测体系——该网络于1996-2002年设立220个样地，每5-6年开展一次采样。剩余7个点位无既往监测记录。
2017-2018年期间，所有点位均采用配对样地设计：在与传统样地直接相邻的区域设置第二个样地，复用部分而非全部调查方法。每个100m×100m的样地均在为期4天的调查周期内，于日间不同时段（上午、正午与傍晚）开展6次时长10分钟的蜿蜒步行搜索。记录标记"X"代表通过物种足迹或粪便完成物种鉴定。
本数据集附带三公园稀树草原火灾效应样地网络完整项目所采集的相关数据包概要，详情可访问：https://doi.org/10.25911/5c35959d4530d
项目资助：2012-2018年，本项目隶属于陆地生态系统研究网络（Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, TERN）旗下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协同研究基础设施战略提供经费支持。