Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Nocturnal Birds Spotlight Survey, Southwest Slopes, NSW, Australia, 1999-2011

Abstract: This nocturnal birds survey data package comprises spotlight surveys conducted every two years, between 1999 and 2011, along 200 metre fixed transects at each site for 20 minutes per site. Animal species and abundance are recorded. Distances along and adjacent to a transect are also recorded. If animals are up on a tree, tree species and animal height (distance from the ground to the animal) are also recorded. Nocturnal birds are also detected by the calls during spotlighting.

The principle objective of the Nanangroe study is to directly quantify changes in woodland vertebrate assemblages and their relationships with habitat variables when the surrounding landscape matrix is converted from a semi-cleared grazing landscape to a landscape dominated by an exotic softwood plantation

The study area is located in the Southwest Slopes of NSW west of Lake Burrinjuck and includes four exotic Pine Plantations (Nanangroe, Cotway, East Bungongo and Bungongo), as well as private properties adjacent those plantations. Repeated sampling of the vegetation structure and cover and selected vertebrate groups on all sites from 1998 has created a long term dataset.

A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Nanangroe Plantation Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://doi.org/10.25911/5c3d49dd32d9b.

Sampling method: Refer to Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C & Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00061-1

Study extent: No limitations or missing units in temporal coverage outlined.

Project funding: Between 2012 and 2018 this project was part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN). This work was supported by the Australian Government’s Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network (www.tern.org.au) – an Australian research infrastructure facility established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and Education Infrastructure Fund–Super Science Initiative through the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.

摘要：本夜行性鸟类调查数据集涵盖1999年至2011年间每两年开展一次的探照调查，每个调查点沿200米固定样带开展20分钟的调查。研究人员将记录动物物种及其多度，同时记录样带及样带周边的距离信息。若动物栖息于树上，还需记录树种以及动物高度（地面至动物的垂直距离）。在探照过程中，也可通过鸣叫声侦测到夜行性鸟类。

纳南格鲁（Nanangroe）研究的核心目标是，当周边景观基质从半开垦放牧景观转变为以外来软木人工林为主的景观时，直接量化林地脊椎动物群落的变化及其与生境变量的关联。

研究区域位于新南威尔士州（New South Wales）西南坡带布里因贾克湖（Lake Burrinjuck）以西区域，涵盖4处外来松树林（纳南格鲁、科特韦、东邦贡戈和邦贡戈），以及毗邻这些人工林的私有地块。自1998年起，研究人员对所有调查点的植被结构、覆盖度及选定的脊椎动物类群进行重复采样，由此形成了长期观测数据集。

本数据集隶属于纳南格鲁人工林样地网络（Nanangroe Plantation Forest Plot Network）完整调查计划下收集的相关数据集，相关数据集的概要可参见：http://doi.org/10.25911/5c3d49dd32d9b。

采样方法：详见Lindenmayer, DB、Cunningham, RB、MacGregor, C、Tribolet, C与Donnelly, CF于2001年发表于《生物保护（Biological Conservation）》的论文《林地残存物中景观基质对动物影响的前瞻性纵向研究：实验设计与基线数据》，该文刊载于第101卷第2期，DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00061-1。

研究范围：时间覆盖范围无限制或缺失单元。

项目资助：2012年至2018年间，本项目隶属于长期生态研究网络（Long Term Ecological Research Network, LTERN）。本研究得到澳大利亚政府陆地生态系统研究网络（Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network，官网：www.tern.org.au）的资助——该网络是依据《国家协同研究基础设施战略》与《教育基础设施基金——超级科学计划》，由澳大利亚产业、创新、科学、研究与高等教育部设立的国家级研究基础设施设施。