Rainforest Invasion and Fire Impact Survey in Wet Tropics, 31 Sites 2014

31 monitoring sites in the Tully-Ingham area record vegetation strata and tree measurements from May-July 2014. The dataset was designed by the NERP TE 7.1 project and CSIRO to monitor the habitat of Mahogany Gliders and the effect of fire on different levels of rainforest invasion into sclerophyll forest. It includes species lists with counts per strata and measurements for trees with stems greater than 10cm DBH.

Use Cases

• Modeling species turnover and recruitment following fire events based on strata-based species lists with counts.
• Assessing the impact of rainforest invasion on sclerophyll forest structure using tree DBH and height measurements.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of active fire management for restoring grassy woodlands from heavily invaded communities.
• Studying post-fire plant resprouting behavior documented in the survey records.

Strengths

• Data from 31 permanently marked 20m x 20m sites with geographic coordinates.
• Includes detailed strata-based species lists with counts, and measurements for all trees with DBH > 10cm.
• Contains pre- and post-fire inventories for some sites, with three sites having three inventories following a catastrophic wildfire.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data format is a Microsoft Office Word Document (.docx), which may complicate automated analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NERP TE 7.1 project and CSIRO, hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Field surveys at permanently marked plots, with vegetation recorded by strata and trees measured for DBH and height.

Time Range

Surveys conducted May-July 2014, with sites established between 2011 and 2012.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-10 12:49:34.602211; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Coastal plain between Tully and Ingham in Queensland, Australia, with most sites on alluvium.