Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Bird Count Survey, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2018

These data are records of all bird observations at a set of sites within Nitmiluk National Park surveyed in either 2017 or 2018. A total of 20 sites were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods. Thirteen sites have prior monitoring through the Three Parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network which involved sampling at 5-6 year intervals at 220 plots established from 1996 – 2002. Seven sites have no prior monitoring. In 2017/18 a paired plot design was implemented at all sites, involving the duplication of some but not all survey methods at a second plot directly adjacent to the traditional plot. At each 100 x 100 m plot 9 x 10 minute meander walking searches were performed during daylight hours at different times of the day (morning, midday and late afternoon) during a 4 day period. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Three Park Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/three-parks-savanna

本数据集为2017年或2018年在尼特米鲁克国家公园（Nitmiluk National Park）内若干样地开展的全部鸟类观测记录。本次共对20个样地采用多种调查手段开展陆生脊椎动物区系调查。其中13个样地此前已被纳入三公园稀树草原火灾效应样地网络（Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network）的监测体系，该网络覆盖卡卡杜（Kakadu）、利奇菲尔德（Litchfield）与尼特米鲁克（Nitmiluk）三处园区，于1996至2002年间设立220个固定样地，并以5至6年为周期开展采样工作。剩余7个样地此前无相关监测记录。2017/2018年度，所有样地均采用配对样地设计方案：在与传统样地直接毗邻的位置增设第二块对照样地，对部分（而非全部）调查方法进行重复实施。在每块100×100米的样地中，调查人员于4天调查周期内的日间不同时段（上午、正午与傍晚）开展了9次时长10分钟的蜿蜒步行巡查。三公园稀树草原火灾效应样地网络完整项目所采集的相关数据集概要，可通过以下链接获取：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/three-parks-savanna