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.

三公园稀树草原火灾效应网络（Three Parks Savanna Fire-Effects Network）于1994年成立，核心目标为培训管理人员，并协助制定针对区域稀树草原（savanna）系统的保护型火灾管理适应性方案。该完整项目旨在评估火灾制度（fire regimes）及其对植物与脊椎动物生物多样性组分的影响。项目包含两个互补组成部分：一是基于卫星影像（satellite imagery）解译的火灾历史制图，二是对分布于各公园内的多组永久性监测样地（permanent monitoring plots）的植被与动物组分开展评估。

植被数据涵盖对800平方米样地内三个主要层片（strata）中所有物种的定量评估。动物评估则在各监测样地的邻近区域进行。火灾发生情况每半年通过地面调查完成一次评估，卫星衍生火灾制图每年开展三次。每五年进行一次完整的植被清查。陆生脊椎动物（terrestrial vertebrates）采取系统性但不定期且频率较低的监测方式。

本数据集包含位于卡卡杜国家公园（Kakadu National Park）的133个样地的植被采样数据。
*注意：样地地处国家公园范围内，物理进入该样地受到限制。

*注意：本数据包曾命名为“澳大利亚北部火灾制度对植被的影响监测：基于样地的植被采样数据，澳大利亚北领地卡卡杜国家公园，1994–2013”，后为保持一致性进行了重命名。