TERN Monitoring in the Pilbara region, Western Australia to inform the West Australian Vegetation Extent (WAVE) Pilot Project 2025

Data for this project include the following parameters, presented at the individual plot-based level: Plot location and description; Plot vegetation community description; Plot cover (point intercept); Plot vascular plant species list; Photopoint images; UAV imagery. The data was collected during six surveys between April and July 2025 in the Pilbara Bioregion. Each survey site, a one-hectare plot (100 m x 100 m) was surveyed by TERN Ecosystem Surveillance using standardised field survey protocols, the methods align with AusPlots method and also Ecological Monitoring System Australia (EMSA) methods. DroneScape (TERN's UAV capability) conducted standardised data collection over each of the survey sites.