AEKOS Subset: Australian Plant Frequency and Cover, 2017

The data package was generated by TERN in response to a request by Jens Oldeland, Hamburg to investigate methodological differences in diversity indices using different measures for the parameters. It contains raw data mostly on frequency and % cover of Australian plant species stored in TERN's AEKOS as at 23 February 2017. There is some basal area data too.The data includes plant records for the following datasets: Australian Ground Cover Reference Sites Database, Biological Survey of South Australia - Vegetation Survey - Biological Database of South Australia, Atlas of NSW database: VIS flora survey module, Queensland CORVEG Database, TERN AusPlots Rangelands, Transects for Environmental Monitoring and Decision Making (TREND) (2013-present) and TREND-Biome of Australia Soil Environments (BASE) – Soil samples for physical structure and chemical analysis (14 sites) throughout Australia (2013), AusCover Supersites SLATS Star Transects, Biological Survey of the Ravensthorpe Range (Western Australia), Biological Survey of South Australia - Roadside Vegetation Survey, Biological Database of South Australia, South-Western Australian Transitional Transect (SWATT), Koonamore Vegetation Monitoring Project (1925-present), Desert Ecology Research Group Plots (1990-2011) and Long Term Ecological Research Network (2012-2015), Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, Australia (plants only) and TERN AusPlots Forest Monitoring Network - Large Tree Survey - 2012-2015. 97,035 sites were extracted and downloaded for individual and population levels. The download package contains site location files, separate data files for individual and population levels, citation details for individual surveys and notes on how to interpret the download.