Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Faunal Search (Diurnal Census for Vertebrates), Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2018

Abstract: These data comprise a systematic search for all vertebrate fauna 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 6 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 record of ‘X’ indicates identification of species from tracks or scats. 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 https://doi.org/10.25911/5c35959d4530d

Project funding: Between 2012 and 2018 this project was part of, and funded through the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) a facility within the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) and supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.

摘要：本数据集涵盖2017年或2018年在尼特米鲁克国家公园（Nitmiluk National Park）内一系列调查点位开展的脊椎动物区系系统性普查数据。研究团队采用多种调查方法，对总计20个点位的陆生脊椎动物区系进行了调查。其中13个点位此前已通过三公园热带稀树草原火灾影响样地网络（Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network）开展过监测——该网络由卡卡杜（Kakadu）、利奇菲尔德（Litchfield）、尼特米鲁克（Nitmiluk）三个公园组成，于1996—2002年设立了220个样地，每5至6年开展一次采样。剩余7个点位此前无任何监测记录。2017/2018年期间，所有点位均采用配对样地设计：在传统样地的紧邻位置设置第二个对照样地，部分（而非全部）调查方法会在该配对样地中重复开展。每个100米×100米的样地中，研究团队在为期4天的调查周期内，于日间不同时段（上午、正午、傍晚）开展共计6次、每次10分钟的蜿蜒巡游式步行调查。记录符号“X”代表通过物种足迹或粪便样本完成的物种识别。三公园热带稀树草原火灾影响样地网络完整项目所收集的相关数据集概要可通过https://doi.org/10.25911/5c35959d4530d获取。

项目资助：2012年至2018年间，本项目隶属于陆地生态系统研究网络（Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, TERN）下属的长期生态研究网络（Long Term Ecological Research Network, LTERN），并由澳大利亚政府通过国家协同研究基础设施战略提供资助。