Monitoring data from November 2016 onward, collected at the end of dry and wet seasons for the NESP Project 2.1.4. The dataset contains vegetation and biomass metrics from control and treatment gully sites on commercial grazing properties in the Burdekin region. Data includes BOTANAL files on species composition and biomass, PATCHKEY files on landscape condition, and BIOMASS files on gully cover.
Use Cases
- Tracking changes in pasture biomass over time based on seasonal monitoring data.
- Analyzing shifts in species composition on hillslopes above gully erosion sites.
- Assessing landscape condition using PATCHKEY metrics for grazed rangelands.
- Evaluating the impact of gully remediation treatments on downstream water quality.
Strengths
- Time-series data with measurements initiated in November 2016, providing multi-year observations.
- Data collection follows standardized methods including transects and quadrats as described by Tothill et al., 1992.
- Includes multiple data file types (BOTANAL, PATCHKEY, BIOMASS) covering biomass, species composition, and landscape condition.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing on the Burdekin region.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network, associated with CSIRO and the NESP TWQ 2.1.4 project.
- Collection Method
- Vegetation metrics measured along permanent transects using 1m2 quadrats, with landscape condition assessed via PATCHKEY methodology.
- Time Range
- From November 2016 onward, with ongoing monitoring as part of NESP TWQ Project 5.9.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-10 19:15:29.620549; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Commercial grazing properties in the Burdekin region, likely within the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) catchments.