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影响网络（Three Parks Savanna Fire-Effects Network）于1994年成立，核心宗旨为开展管理人员培训，并协助制定针对区域性稀树草原系统的保护型火灾管理适应性方案。该完整项目旨在评估火灾格局（fire regimes）及其对植物与脊椎动物生物多样性组分的影响。项目包含两个互补模块：一是基于卫星影像解译的火灾历史制图，二是对分布于各公园内的大量永久性监测样地的植被与动物组分开展评估。
植被数据涵盖对800平方米样地内三个主要植被层片中所有物种的定量评估；动物评估则在各监测样地的紧邻区域进行。火灾发生情况每半年开展一次地面实地评估，卫星衍生的火灾制图每年实施三次。每五年完成一次完整的植被清查。陆生脊椎动物采用系统方法进行监测，但频率不规律且相对较低。本数据集包含2013年4月采集的植被采样数据，该数据为对澳大利亚卡卡杜国家公园内133个监测样地开展的第五次采样调研的子集。

*注：样地位于国家公园范围内，物理进入受到限制。
**注：该数据包原名为《澳大利亚北部火灾格局对植被的影响监测：澳大利亚北领地卡卡杜国家公园2013年4月样地植被采样数据》，后为保持一致性进行了重新命名。