Tanami Regional Biodiversity Monitoring Surveys from 2005 to 2012

Eight biological surveys conducted between 2005 and 2012 across 89 sites in the Tanami region, central-west Northern Territory. The data, collected by the Central Land Council's Tanami Regional Biodiversity Monitoring program, includes species information from vegetation and fauna surveys during late-dry and late-wet seasons. Survey methods included site descriptions, vegetation transects, bird surveys, small vertebrate trapping, and tracking surveys.

Use Cases

• Reviewing survey methodology outcomes based on the described multi-method approach.
• Analyzing species presence data for conservation planning based on recorded flora and fauna.
• Assessing the spatial and temporal impact of mining activities on biota as suggested in the description.
• Monitoring spatial and temporal trends in the occurrence of key or threatened species over the survey period.

Strengths

• Data collected from 89 distinct survey sites across a large region.
• Surveys span eight distinct field sessions over a seven-year period (2005-2012).
• Uses multiple survey methods (site descriptions, vegetation transects, bird surveys, trapping, tracking).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Site location precision has been reduced to approximately 10 km for species protection, limiting fine-scale spatial analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Central Land Council, via Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Field surveys using site descriptions, vegetation transects, bird surveys, small vertebrate trapping, and tracking surveys.

Time Range

2005 to 2012

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-10 19:19:30.404330; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tanami region, central-west Northern Territory, Australia