Annual data collected since 1992 on ground layer vascular plant species identity and projective foliage cover from five sites near Mareeba, Queensland. The data is collected each April and May within permanently marked plots using quadrats. The dataset is provided by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery platform.
Use Cases
- Analyzing long-term trends in plant species richness based on annual surveys since 1992.
- Modeling changes in projective foliage cover for different species over a multi-decadal period.
- Comparing ground flora composition across sites with altitudes ranging from 380 to 840 meters.
- Studying ecological community structure using species presence and averaged cover data from quadrats.
Strengths
- Data collection spans over 30 years, providing a long-term ecological record.
- Sampling is standardized across five sites using permanently marked plots and ten quadrats per site.
- Data collection is timed for the annual peak of plant species richness (April-May).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified as the last update date is 2026-06-10.
Provenance
- Source
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
- Collection Method
- Annual field surveys within permanently marked 50 x 10 m plots using ten 0.5 m2 quadrats.
- Time Range
- 1992 to present
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-10 19:12:26.487979.
- Geography
- Five sites near Mareeba, in northern Queensland, Australia.