Acoustic Recordings From Warra Tall Eucalypt Forest Post-Fire

Continuous audio recordings from four acoustic recorders deployed in 2020 at the Warra Tall Eucalypt SuperSite in Tasmania. The recorders were placed in both wet and dry habitats within a mixed-age Eucalyptus obliqua forest that experienced a fire in January 2019. The data is part of the Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) project.

Use Cases

• Analyze acoustic data from wet and dry habitat recorders to study post-fire ecosystem recovery and soundscape changes.
• Investigate the impact of the 2019 fire event on the acoustic environment by comparing pre- and post-fire audio characteristics.
• Use continuous audio recordings to monitor biodiversity indicators and species presence in a tall eucalypt forest environment.
• Study the acoustic signatures of different forest age classes (1.5, 125, >250 years) present at the Warra SuperSite.

Strengths

• Data collection began in 2020, providing a multi-year continuous acoustic record.
• Recordings are from four strategically placed recorders, capturing both wet and dry habitat types.
• The site is a well-documented long-term ecological research (LTER) SuperSite established in 2012.

Limitations

• The specific number of audio files, their duration, and total data size are unknown.
• The dataset includes non-audio file formats (HTML, PNG, PDF), which may indicate metadata or documentation rather than raw audio.
• The license is not specified, which may restrict certain uses.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery Portal (data.gov.au).

Collection Method

Continuous audio collection from four acoustic recorders deployed as part of the Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) project.

Time Range

Recordings began in 2020; specific end date is unknown.

Freshness

The dataset metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Warra Tall Eucalypt SuperSite, Tasmania, Australia, in a stand of tall, mixed-aged Eucalyptus obliqua forest.