Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Plot-based Vegetation Sampling Data, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 1994–2013

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 meter 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 the vegetation sampling data from 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, 1994–2013", but was relabelled for consistency.

三园稀树草原火灾效应网络（The Three Parks Savanna Fire-Effects Network）于1994年成立，核心目标为培训管理人员，并助力制定适用于区域稀树草原系统的保护性火灾管理适应性方案。本完整项目旨在评估火灾制度及其对植物与脊椎动物生物多样性组分的影响。

本项目包含两个互补的组成部分：一是基于卫星影像解译绘制火灾历史图谱，二是对分布于各园区的大量永久性监测样地内的植被与动物群落组分开展评估。

植被数据涵盖对800平方米样地内三大植被层所有物种的定量评估。动物群落评估则在对应样地的紧邻区域开展。

火灾发生情况每年通过地面调查开展两次评估，同时基于卫星数据的火灾制图工作每年开展三次。每五年开展一次完整的植被普查。陆生脊椎动物会开展系统性监测，但频率较低且无固定周期。

本数据集包含卡卡杜国家公园（Kakadu National Park）内133个样地的植被采样数据。
*注：样地地处国家公园范围内，实地进入此类样地需受管制。

*注：本数据集此前曾命名为《澳大利亚北部火灾制度对植被的影响监测：澳大利亚北部地区卡卡杜国家公园基于样地的植被采样数据，1994-2013》，后为统一命名规范进行了更名。