Mallee Plot Network: Herbivore Activity Data, Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia, 2013

This 2013 Mallee Plot Network Herbivore Activity Data Package contains scat count data for fifty-three experimental 0.2 hectare sites which were established on dune crests and upper slopes in Tarawi Nature Reserve; Scotia Sanctuary and Danggali National Park. Sites in Tarawi NR include four herbivore exclosure pilot sites established during 1996-1998, with further herbivore exclosure sites constructed at all sites except those in Dangalli CP and the Scotia Sanctuary sites burnt in 2009 and 2010.

The Mallee Plot Network research plots commenced in 1996 and were revisited annually for 3 years and then on a decadal basis.

A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Mallee Plot Network’s full program is provided at https://doi.org/10.25911/5c133088bc5b9

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.

本数据集为2013年发布的马利地块网络（Mallee Plot Network）植食动物活动数据集包，包含53处0.2公顷实验样地的粪便计数数据。这些样地均设置于塔劳威自然保护区（Tarawi Nature Reserve）、斯科蒂亚保护区（Scotia Sanctuary）与丹加利国家公园（Danggali National Park）的沙丘脊线及上坡位区域。其中塔劳威自然保护区内的样地包含4处1996-1998年设立的植食动物排除围栏（herbivore exclosure）试点样地；除丹加利保护地（Dangalli CP）样地，以及2009、2010年遭受过火的斯科蒂亚保护区样地外，其余所有样地均增设了植食动物排除围栏样地。

马利地块网络的研究样地始建于1996年，最初连续3年每年开展一次监测，之后转为每10年一次的周期性监测。

作为马利地块网络全项目组成部分采集的相关数据集包概要，可通过以下链接获取：https://doi.org/10.25911/5c133088bc5b9

项目资助说明：2012年至2018年间，本项目为陆地生态系统研究网络（Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, TERN）下属设施——长期生态研究网络（Long Term Ecological Research Network, LTERN）的组成部分，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。