Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Bird Count Survey, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2017

These data are records of all bird observations at a set of sites within Nitmiluk National Park surveyed in either 2017 or 2018. A total of 20 sites were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods. Thirteen sites have prior monitoring through the Three Parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network which involved sampling at 5-6 year intervals at 220 plots established from 1996 – 2002. Seven sites have no prior monitoring. In 2017/18 a paired plot design was implemented at all sites, involving the duplication of some but not all survey methods at a second plot directly adjacent to the traditional plot. At each 100 x 100 m plot 9 x 10 minute meander walking searches were performed during daylight hours at different times of the day (morning, midday and late afternoon) during a 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

本数据集记录了2017年或2018年在尼特米鲁克国家公园（Nitmiluk National Park）内若干样点开展的全部鸟类观测数据。本次共采用多种调查方法，对20个样点开展了陆生脊椎动物区系调查。其中13个样点此前已纳入三公园（卡卡杜（Kakadu）、利奇菲尔德（Litchfield）、尼特米鲁克（Nitmiluk））稀树草原火灾效应样地网络（Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network）的监测体系：该网络于1996至2002年间布设220个样地，每5至6年开展一次采样调查。剩余7个样点此前无监测记录。2017/2018年度，所有样点均采用配对样地设计：在传统样地的紧邻位置增设第二个对照样地，对部分（而非全部）调查方法进行重复采样。在每个100×100米的样地中，调查人员于4天周期内的不同日间时段（上午、正午及傍晚）开展9次、每次10分钟的蜿蜒步行搜索调查。三公园稀树草原火灾效应样地网络完整项目所采集的相关数据集概要，可通过以下链接获取：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/three-parks-savanna