Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Plot-based Vegetation Sampling Data, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2013

The Three Parks Savanna Fire-Effects Network was established in 1994 with the primary aim of training management staff and assisting with the development of adaptive approaches to conservation-based fire management in regional savanna systems. The full program assesses fire regimes and their impacts on plant and vertebrate biodiversity components. The program comprises two complementary elements - mapping of fire histories based upon interpretation of satellite imagery, and assessment of vegetation and faunal components at a large series of permanent monitoring plots located across respective parks. The vegetation data comprises quantitative assessment of all species in three major strata within 800 square metre plots. Faunal assessments are undertaken in the immediate vicinity of respective plots. The occurrence of fire is assessed bi-annually on-ground and satellite derived fire mapping is conducted three times a year. A full inventory of vegetation is undertaken every five years. Terrestrial vertebrates are monitored systematically but on an irregular and less frequent basis. This dataset comprises vegetation sampling data collected in April 2013 which is a subset of the fifth sampling visit to the 133 plots located in Kakadu National Park.

*Note: Plots are located within a National Park and physical access to the plots is restricted.
**Note: This package used to be called "Monitoring the impacts of fire regimes on vegetation in northern Australia: Plot based vegetation sampling data, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory Australia, April 2013" but has been relabelled for consistency.

三公园稀树草原火灾效应网络（Three Parks Savanna Fire-Effects Network）于1994年成立，核心目标为开展管理人员培训，并协助制定区域稀树草原系统的保护型火灾管理适配方案。本项目全面评估火灾制度（fire regimes）及其对植物与脊椎动物生物多样性组分的影响，包含两项互补的核心内容：一是基于卫星影像解译绘制火灾历史图谱，二是对分布于各公园内的大量永久性监测样地开展植被与动物组分评估。

植被数据涵盖对800平方米样地内三大植被层所有物种的定量评估；动物组分评估则在各监测样地的紧邻区域开展。火灾发生情况每半年开展一次地面实地评估，同时每年进行三次卫星遥感火灾制图工作。每五年开展一次完整的植被普查。陆生脊椎动物则采取系统但非定期、频次较低的监测方式。

本数据集包含2013年4月采集的植被采样数据，该数据为对卡卡杜国家公园（Kakadu National Park）内133个样地开展的第五次采样调查的子集。

*注：样地位于国家公园范围内，物理通行受到限制。
**注：本数据包原名为"澳大利亚北部火灾制度对植被的影响监测：基于样地的植被采样数据，澳大利亚北领地卡卡杜国家公园，2013年4月"，后为统一规范进行了重命名。