AEKOS Subset: Australian Plant Frequency and Cover, 2017

Australian plant records from 97,035 sites, containing frequency and percent cover data extracted from TERN's AEKOS platform as of February 2017. The data aggregates records from seven major ecological survey programs, including the Australian Ground Cover Reference Sites Database and TERN AusPlots Rangelands. Soil sample data from 14 sites across Australia, collected from 2013 onward, is also incorporated.

Use Cases

• Modeling plant species distribution based on frequency and cover data.
• Analyzing long-term vegetation change by integrating data from surveys like the Koonamore Vegetation Monitoring Project (1925-present).
• Assessing ecosystem health by correlating soil sample data with plant community composition.
• Mapping biodiversity hotspots using the geospatial site location information.

Strengths

• Aggregates data from 97,035 distinct survey sites.
• Integrates records from seven major, long-running ecological survey programs.
• Includes supplementary soil sample data from 14 sites starting in 2013.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-06-10 18:47:17.484275; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Aggregated from multiple ecological survey programs and stored in the AEKOS platform.

Time Range

Surveys range from historical (e.g., 1925-present) to 2017.

Freshness

Data snapshot as of 23 February 2017.

Geography

Australia