Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network: Herpetofaunal Search Data, Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, 2003-2010

Abstract: This herpetofaunal search data package for the Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network comprises herpetofaunal survey data recorded along permanent 100 m transects. Up until December 2010, pitfall traps were used to capture small reptiles and frogs; from 2011, sites were surveyed for reptiles and frogs using artificial substrates (tiles, tins, and wooden sleepers), and by performing time-controlled active searches.

The plot network was established in 2002 in Booderee National Park in the Jervis Bay Territory, south-eastern Australia. The study location is a floristically diverse area in which fire history has been well-documented over several decades. The plot network’s objectives involve quantifying the inter-relationships between natural disturbance and/or management intervention (including weed and feral animal control and prescribed burning) and the reciprocal changes in vegetation condition and biodiversity response.

This particular study forms part of the collection of data packages from the Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network’s full program is provided at https://doi.org/10.25911/5c3c070a5ee94

Sampling method: Since March 2007, surveying has taken place at a total of 130 sites. These include the original 110 permanent sites in the study at Booderee National Park, as first delineated in 2002, using two stratifying variables:

(1) broad vegetation type (heathland, forest, woodland, etc.); and
(2) past fire history – classified into four classes of time since the last fire (0-10 years, 11-20 years, 21-30 years and >30 years).

Also included since March 2007 are 20 extra sites, set up as part of the “Bitou experiment”.

Study extent: There is a small number of bycatch (non-herpetofaunal species) records in the survey data. In particular, for those pertaining to the Funnel-web Spider, the scientific name of Atrax robustus is used, although it is possible individuals are Illawarra wisharti (a species of Funnel-web described in 2010) or an as yet undescribed species (probably of genus Hadronyche). Other bycatch records occurring in the data include observations for animals with the following common names: Bush Rat, Crab, Eastern Pygmy Possum, Long-nosed Bandicoot, and Short-beaked Echidna. Surveys commenced in 2003, and up until December 2010, pitfall traps were used to capture small reptiles and frogs.

From 2005, each site was trapped at least annually in December (data collection in previous years did not occur according to this pattern). Six pitfalls were placed each 20 m along a 100 m transect. Pitfalls were opened for three consecutive nights. From 2011, spring and summer surveys were conducted, and sites were surveyed for reptiles and frogs using artificial substrates, supplemented by time-controlled active searches every 1–2 years. With the artificial substrates, two sheets of corrugated iron, four roof tiles and four ‘half length’ railway sleepers were placed at the 20 m and 80 m points of the transect.

Project funding: Up until 2012 this project was funded by an ARC Linkage Grant and industry partners Parks Australia and the Department of Defence.

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：本杰维斯湾布德里国家公园样地网络两栖爬行动物区系（herpetofaunal）调查数据集，包含沿永久100米样带（transect）记录的两栖爬行动物调查数据。2010年12月以前，研究采用陷阱诱捕器（pitfall trap）捕获小型爬行动物与蛙类；2011年起，研究站点改用人工基质（artificial substrates，包括瓦片、马口铁罐与木质枕木）结合定时主动搜寻的方式开展两栖爬行动物调查。

该样地网络于2002年在澳大利亚东南部杰维斯湾领地的布德里国家公园建立。研究区域植物区系多样，数十年来的火灾历史均有完整记录。样地网络的研究目标为量化自然干扰与/或管理干预（包括杂草防控、外来动物管控与受控焚烧）之间的相互关系，以及植被状况与生物多样性响应的相互变化。

本项研究是杰维斯湾布德里国家公园样地网络数据集集合的一部分。杰维斯湾布德里国家公园样地网络完整项目下已采集的相关数据集概要可通过https://doi.org/10.25911/5c3c070a5ee94获取。

采样方法：自2007年3月起，研究共在130个站点开展调查。其中包括2002年首次划定的布德里国家公园原110个永久研究站点，划分依据为两个分层变量：
1. 宽泛植被类型（灌丛地、森林、林地等）；
2. 既往火灾历史——按末次火灾后的时间划分为4个等级：0-10年、11-20年、21-30年及>30年。
自2007年3月起新增的20个站点则属于“比图实验”的一部分。

研究范围：调查数据中包含少量兼捕（bycatch）物种（非目标两栖爬行动物）记录。其中涉及漏斗网蜘蛛（Funnel-web Spider）的记录采用学名Atrax robustus，但实际个体可能为伊拉瓦拉漏斗网蜘蛛（Illawarra wisharti，2010年定名的漏斗网蜘蛛物种）或尚未定名的哈德罗尼切属（Hadronyche）物种。数据中的其他兼捕记录还包括以下常见名对应的动物观测：澳洲林鼠、螃蟹、东部侏儒负鼠、长鼻袋狸及短吻针鼹。

调查工作于2003年启动，截至2010年12月，均采用陷阱诱捕器捕获小型爬行动物与蛙类。2005年起，每个站点至少每年12月开展一次诱捕（此前年份的数据采集未遵循此节律）。沿100米样带每20米设置1个陷阱，共设置6个陷阱，诱捕器连续开放3晚。2011年起，研究改为在春季与夏季开展调查，采用人工基质结合定时主动搜寻的方式（每1-2年开展一次）进行两栖爬行动物调查。人工基质布设方案为：在样带的20米与80米点位处布设2张波纹铁皮、4块屋面瓦与4根“半长”铁路枕木。

项目资助：2012年以前，本项目由澳大利亚研究委员会（Australian Research Council, ARC）链接项目资助，合作方为澳大利亚公园管理局（Parks Australia）与澳大利亚国防部（Department of Defence）。
2012年至2018年间，本项目隶属于长期生态研究网络（Long Term Ecological Research Network, LTERN），该网络是陆地生态系统研究网络（Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, TERN）下设设施，由澳大利亚政府通过国家协同研究基础设施战略提供资助。