Gingin Banksia Woodland Terrestrial LiDAR Point Cloud Data

Terrestrial LiDAR point clouds capturing 3D vegetation structure at the Gingin Banksia Woodland SuperSite in Western Australia. It was collected in 2021 as part of a standardized national survey by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network to study ecosystem function.

Use Cases

• Analyze vegetation structural complexity and canopy gaps using 3D point cloud data from terrestrial LiDAR scans.
• Model biomass and carbon storage by quantifying vegetation volume and density from the LiDAR point clouds.
• Monitor vegetation dynamics and structural changes over time by comparing LiDAR data from different survey periods.
• Integrate TLS point cloud data with other ecological datasets to study relationships between structure and ecosystem function.

Strengths

• Data is part of a standardized national collection from all TERN SuperSites, ensuring methodological consistency.
• Provides highly detailed 3D structural information of vegetation, captured via terrestrial LiDAR technology.
• Focuses on a specific, well-defined ecological site: the Gingin Banksia Woodland on the Swan Coastal Plain.

Limitations

• The dataset is limited to a single geographic location and year (2021), restricting temporal and spatial analysis.
• Available file formats (HTML, PNG) suggest the primary data may be documentation or visualizations, not the raw point cloud files.
• The license is listed as 'notspecified', which creates uncertainty for reuse and redistribution.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Terrestrial LiDAR scanning (TLS) at a TERN SuperSite.

Time Range

2021

Freshness

Metadata was last updated in March 2026, but the underlying data collection occurred in 2021.

Geography

Gingin Banksia Woodland SuperSite, approximately 80 km north of Perth, Western Australia, on the Swan Coastal Plain.