Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network data packages, 1997-2018

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 (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, p. 160).

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.

Established: 1997

Key research questions:

- What are the relationships between vegetation condition and biodiversity?
- How does management intervention (e.g. plantation establishment) influence the response of biodiversity?

Surveys

- Frogs, reptiles, mammals and birds are surveyed every two years.
- Vegetation plots are measured approximately every five years.

Nanangroe研究的核心目标是直接量化林地脊椎动物群落的变化，以及当周边景观基质从半清理放牧景观转变为以外来软木人工林为主的景观时，其与生境变量之间的关联（Lindenmayer DB、Cunningham RB、MacGregor C、Tribolet C及Donnelly CF，2001，《林地残存斑块中景观基质对动物区系的影响前瞻性纵向研究：实验设计与基线数据》，《生物保护》，第101卷第2期，第160页）。

研究区域位于新南威尔士州（New South Wales, NSW）巴林杰克湖（Lake Burrinjuck）西侧的西南坡地，涵盖四个外来松树人工林（Nanangroe、Cotway、East Bungongo及Bungongo），以及毗邻这些人工林的私有地块。自1998年起，研究团队对所有样地的植被结构、覆盖度及选定的脊椎动物类群开展重复采样，由此构建了长期数据集。

本研究始建于1997年。

关键研究问题：
- 植被状况与生物多样性之间存在何种关联？
- 人为管理干预（如人工林营建）如何影响生物多样性的响应？

调查方案：
- 每两年对蛙类、爬行类、哺乳类及鸟类开展一次调查；
- 植被样方大约每五年测量一次。