TERN - LTERN - Connell Rainforest Plot Network - Davies Creek - Australia

Basic Information
Site Name
TERN - LTERN - Connell Rainforest Plot Network - Davies Creek
Short name
Connell
Country
Australia
Web Address
Connell Rainforest Plot Network (LTERN), Australia
Operating Organisation
La Trobe University
Site Manager
Peter Green
Funding Agency
Australian National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS)
Australian Super Science Initiative
Australian National University
La Trobe University
Site Description
The Connell Rainforest Plot Network long-term forest dynamics plot of Davies Creek is located in the Dinden National Park circa 25 km southwest of Cairns, Northern Queensland. Temporal visits occur between 1 to 6 years. Between 2012 and 2018 the Connell Rainforest Plot Network was a member of Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN), Australia, a facility of the Australian Government's Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN).
Last modified
2023-08-08 11:08:58

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1951
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
TERN Australia✔ (TERN-LTERN-CRP-AU-1a)This site is a verified "TERN Australia" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: -17.035678 Longitude: 145.624176

Size
ca. 1.70ha
Elevation (average)
701.00msl
Elevation (min)
472.00msl
Elevation (max)
937.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Rainforest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Rainforest
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved evergreen woodland (G2)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
23.30°C
Precipitation Annual
864.80mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » No tower on site
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » No data transmission from site
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » No within site data transmission
Equipment notes
Measuring tapes especially imported from the United States ? feet and tenths of feet, and inches and tenths of inches. Star pickets marks the ends of transects, and short steel posts mark transects at 25 feet intervals. Plants are tagged with numbered aluminium tags, attached to the plant using loops of insulated copper wire on smaller stems, or nailed onto larger stems. There are no environmental monitoring devices on the plot.
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
365
Maintenance Interval
0
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Data Policy Notes
LTERN encouraged the sharing of data and knowledge for the long-term benefit of the research community. Data sharing should only occur within a framework where data contributors receive appropriate recognition for their work, and where data users understand, in advance, the responsibilities placed upon them when they access and/or use another?s data.

To mitigate risks associated with threatened species, LTERN's Policy was to mediate access to spatial data.
Data Policy URL
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
LTER Site Classification
Regular