Koonamore Cassia Corner: Plant Abundance Time Series from 1940 to 2014

The TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve in Australia contains data on the abundance of the Cassia (Senna artemesioides) plant species. The record covers 26 sampling instances from 1940 to 2014, tracking the number of individuals and their life stage (adult or juvenile) within a 7150 m2 area. This is version 2.1 of the data release, managed by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) and updated to comply with FAIR and TERN vocabulary standards.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term population trends of Cassia based on 74 years of observation data.
• Analyzing life stage (adult/juvenile) distribution shifts over time mentioned in the description.
• Studying vegetation reserve ecosystem resilience using the specified 7150 m2 plot data.

Strengths

• Data spans 74 years (1940-2014), providing a long-term ecological perspective.
• Includes 26 distinct sampling instances, offering multiple temporal data points.
• Data has been cleaned and organized to comply with FAIR standards as per the version log.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset's specific geographic coordinates within the reserve are not detailed in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Field data collection and digitization of historical records.

Time Range

1940 to 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 21:43:40.978133; freshness should be verified.

Geography

TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Australia