Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Faunal Search (Diurnal Census for Vertebrates), Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2015

These data comprise a systematic search for all vertebrate fauna on each of the surveyed plots in Nitmiluk National Park in 2015.

A total of 220 permanent monitoring plots were established between 1994-2002 across three parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) in the Top End of the Northern Territory, representing the Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network. A detailed flora and fauna survey has been conducted at each plot on a 5-6 year cycle to monitor biotic changes.

Nitmiluk National Park contains 46 plots, each with a paired plot located within 1 km of the primary plot. In 2015, 23 paired plots were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods.

At each paired plot 3 x 15 minute active searches were conducted within the standard 50 x 50 m trapping grid during daylight hours at different times of the day (morning, midday and late afternoon) during the 4 day period.

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 http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/three-parks-savanna

本数据集涵盖2015年对尼特米鲁克国家公园（Nitmiluk National Park）各调查样地内所有脊椎动物类群开展的系统性调查结果。

1994年至2002年间，研究人员在北领地远北部地区的卡卡杜（Kakadu）、利奇菲尔德（Litchfield）与尼特米鲁克三座国家公园内，共设立220个永久性监测样地，构建三公园稀树草原火灾效应样地网络（Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network）。该网络内每个样地均以5至6年为周期开展详尽的动植物调查，以监测生物群落动态变化。

尼特米鲁克国家公园共设46个主样地，每个主样地配套设置1个距其不超过1公里的配对样地。2015年，研究人员采用多种调查方法，对其中23组配对样地开展了陆生脊椎动物调查。

在为期4天的调查期间，研究人员于日间不同时段（早晨、正午与傍晚），在每组配对样地的标准50×50米诱捕样方内开展3次、每次15分钟的主动搜寻。

作为三公园稀树草原火灾效应样地网络完整调查计划的一部分，相关数据集的概要信息可通过以下链接获取：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/three-parks-savanna