Vertebrate monitoring in the Australian Wet Tropics rainforest at AU8A5 (145.63163531, -17.60389203, 800.0m above MSL) collected by Reptile Surveys

Rainforest vertebrates have been monitored at permanent monitoring sites across the Australian Wet Tropics rainforest since 1997. Such surveys have been conducted on an ongoing basis across the Spec, Atherton, Windsor, Carbine and Bellenden Ker Uplands from various start dates after 1997 as the scale of sampling expanded to encompass the Wet Tropics region. Vertebrate taxa systematically surveyed include birds, reptiles, microhylid frogs, and mammals (spotlighting).

自1997年起，科研人员便在澳大利亚湿热带雨林的永久性监测点位对雨林脊椎动物开展长期监测工作。随着采样范围逐步扩大至整个湿热带雨林区域，研究团队自1997年后的多个起始年份起，在斯佩普（Spec）、阿瑟顿（Atherton）、温莎（Windsor）、卡宾（Carbine）与贝伦登克尔高地（Bellenden Ker Uplands）持续推进了此类调查。本次系统调查覆盖的脊椎动物类群包括鸟类、爬行类、姬蛙类（microhylid frogs），以及通过聚光灯法开展监测的哺乳类动物。