Connell Rainforest Plot Network: Tropical Rainforest Tree Demographic Data, Davies Creek Plot, Dinden National Park, Queensland, Australia, 1963-2013

This rainforest tree demographic data package comprises recruitment, growth and mortality census data for rainforest trees Davies Creek Plot in Dinden National Park, (25 km south west of Cairns), Queensland for 1963-2013. This plot consists of one 1.7 hectare plot in tropical rainforest, established in 1963. Rainforest tree attributes recorded comprise the size (height or girth) of tagged and mapped, free-standing stems of shrub and tree species. Sampling has been undertaken at intervals of 1-6 years. The Davies Creek Plot was incorporated over an existing 0.4 ha plot established by the Queensland Department of Forestry in 1951 (Nicholson et al. 1988), so the central part of the Davies Creek Plot has records extending back more than a decade prior to 1963. This data package forms part of the collection of vegetation data undertaken at plots situated in both Lamington National Park and Davies Creek initiated by Professor Joseph H. Connell (University of California, Santa Barbara) in 1963. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Connell Rainforest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/connell-rainforest.本雨林树木种群数据集涵盖1963年至2013年间，澳大利亚昆士兰州丹登国家公园（Dinden National Park）戴维斯溪样地（Davies Creek Plot，距凯恩斯西南25公里）内雨林树木的更新、生长与死亡普查数据。该样地为1963年设立的热带雨林1.7公顷固定样地。本次记录的雨林树木属性包括已标记并测绘的灌木与乔木物种独立直立茎干的尺寸（高度或胸径围度）。调查间隔为1至6年不等。戴维斯溪样地扩建自1951年昆士兰州林业部设立的原有0.4公顷样地（Nicholson等，1988），因此其核心区域的观测记录可追溯至1963年之前十余年。本数据集是1963年由加利福尼亚大学圣巴巴拉分校约瑟夫·H·康奈尔教授（Joseph H. Connell）发起的植被数据采集项目的一部分，该项目针对拉明顿国家公园（Lamington National Park）与戴维斯溪两处样地开展观测。康奈尔雨林样地网络（Connell Rainforest Plot Network）完整计划所收集的相关数据集概要，可通过以下链接查阅：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/connell-rainforest。