Seedling Survey, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Robson Creek, 2010-2012

The aim of the Seedling Survey was to document the diversity and patterns of relative species abundances from a sample of seedlings. For this survey, a seedling was defined as any stem ≥ 15 cm in height, and ≤ 1 cm diameter at breast height (130 cm), and thus included not only tree seedlings, but also herbs, shrubs and vines. A total of 169 seedling transects (hereafter Lines) was established using the 20 m grid established by CSIRO. Each line is nominally 20 m long (the distance between white plastic posts), and to 1 m wide to the east of the line between the posts. The 169 Lines are arranged in a 13 x 13 m grid. All Lines are oriented south-north, with the start of each Line at the southern end. For a complete listing of Line coordinates, see Robson_20M_Transect_Coords.csv.