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Bird Survey Data, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Robson Creek, 2011
- Citation
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Westcott, D (): Bird Survey Data, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Robson Creek, 2011. TERN Australian SuperSite Network. http://supersites.tern.org.au/knb/metacat/supersite.485.4/html
- Identifier
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- docid
- supersite.485.4
- Data Creators
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- Individual
- Dr David Westcott
- Position
- Research Scientist
- Organization
- CSIRO
- Abstract
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This project is documenting the distribution of bird species and the structure of bird communities at the TERN 25 Ha Plot at Robson Creek. The advantage of using the Plot as a point of focus is that the mapping and plant community data provide a phenological and ecological context for interpreting drivers of the bird community at that site.
The Robson Creek plot site was chosen because being situated at c. 700m it represents a ‘tension’ zone between different tropical forest communities that are likely to show shifts under climate change. Bird communities below 600-800m can be characterised as current lowland, warm climate communities while those above 600-800m take on species with upland distributions, e.g. golden bowerbireds. grey-headed robins and fernwrens. Robson Creek being situated at the current altitudinal boundaries of the distribution of the upland and lowland specialist species consequently represents an ideal site for monitoring the species and community responses to climate change over time.
In this project we are interested in species and community responses to climate change in three contexts. First, at the species level we are interested in how individual species respond in abundance and seasonality. Second, at the community level we are interested in i) describing changes in species distribution, ii) the effects of this on community composition and structure and iii) how this varies through the year.
- Contacts for Questions on the Use and Interpretation of Data
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- Individual
- Andrew Ford
- Organization
- CSIRO
- Address
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PO Box 780
Atherton. QLD 4883
Australia
- Email Address
- Andrew.Ford@csiro.au
- Methods and Sampling Information
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- Methods
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Method Step 1
- Description
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Bird survey
Walking surveys for birds
- Sampling
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- Study Extent Description
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Bird surveys are being conducted at the Robson Creek Supersite
- Sampling Description
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Bird surveys were conducted along a standard transect. When a bird was detected the time since the start of the survey, species and number of individuals was recorded
- Keywords and Subject Categories
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- Birds
- Assemblage
- Diversity
- Robson Creek
- FNQ Rainforest
- Far North Queensland
- anzsrc-for
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- 0602
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- Geographic Coverage
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- Geographic Description
- Robson Creek TERN Plot
- Bounding Coordinates
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- West
- 145.632308 degrees
- East
- 145.632308 degrees
- North
- -17.119962 degrees
- South
- -17.119962 degrees
- Temporal Coverage
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- Date
- 2011
- Intellectual Rights, Licence and Usage Conditions
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CC-BY-4_0
- Data Table
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- Name
- asn_fnqr_robson_fauna_birds_2011.csv
- Description
- Robson Creek Bird Survey 2011
- Attribute Information
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Date
- Name
- Date
- Definition
- Date the survey was conducted
- Measurement Type
- dateTime
- Measurement Domain
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- Format
- dd/mm/yyyy
- Precision
- 0
Time- Name
- Time
- Definition
- Time survey was conducted
- Measurement Type
- dateTime
- Measurement Domain
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- Format
- hh:mm
Animal Name- Name
- Animal Name
- Definition
- Name of bird species
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Bird names
Detection- Name
- Detection
- Definition
- Method of detection
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Method of detection
Number- Name
- Number
- Definition
- Number of individuals observed
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- dimensionless
- Number Type
- natural
Observers- Name
- Observers
- Definition
- Observers
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- observers
- Number Of Records
- 1134
- Physical Structure Description
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- Object Name
- asn_fnqr_robson_fauna_birds_2011.csv
- Size
- 46387 byte
- Text Format
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- Number of Header Lines
- 1
- Record Delimiter
- #x0A
- Attribute Orientation
- column
- Simple Delimited
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- Field Delimiter
- ,
- Distribution
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Online
- URL
- supersite.486.1
- Access
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
- Order
- allowFirst
- Allow:
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Permission Principal [read] cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [all] uid=ford,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [all] uid=supersite,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
- Access
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
- Order
- allowFirst
- Allow:
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Permission Principal [read] public [all] uid=datalibrarian,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [all] uid=lloyd,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [all] uid=supersite,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [all] uid=ford,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
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