TERN - LTERN - Connell Rainforest Plot Network - O'Reilly's - Australia

Basic Information
Site Name
TERN - LTERN - Connell Rainforest Plot Network - O'Reilly's
Short name
Connell
Country
Australia
Web Address
Connell Rainforest Plot Network (LTERN), Australia
Operating Organisation
Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing (Queensland, Australia)
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 is a member of Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN), Australia (http://www.ltern.org.au), a facility of the Australian Government's Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), (http://www.tern.org.au). The long-term forest dynamics plot at O'Reilly's is located in the subtropical rainforest near O’Reilly’s Guest House in Lamington National Park, 65 km south of Brisbane. It consists of two 1-ha plots spaced approximately 600 m apart, but for analyses they have always been treated as a single unit. This plot has never been logged, but some selective logging has occurred just outside the plot boundary. Temporal visits occur between 1 to 6 years.
Last modified
2023-08-08 11:08:12

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1963
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
TERN Australia✔ (TERN-LTERN-CRP-AU-1b)This site is a verified "TERN Australia" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Photos
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: -28.215875 Longitude: 153.125199

Elevation (average)
900.00msl
Elevation (min)
515.00msl
Elevation (max)
1020.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Evergreen Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Evergreen Forest
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved evergreen woodland (G2)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
17.50°C
Precipitation Annual
1567.00mm
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
The plots were originally laid out and trees were mapped using imperial units (feet and tenths of feet). Stems were either measured for girth at breast height using inches and tenths of inches, or measured for height using feet and tenths of feet. These units have been used throughout five decades of monitoring, using measuring tapes especially imported from the United States. All measurements are converted to SI units for analyses and publication.
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
365
Maintenance Interval
0
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
Data Policy Notes
LTERN data is made available in accordance with the TERN data licensing policy principles.

TERN encourages 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.
Data Policy URL
http://www.tern.org.au/datalicence
LTER Site Classification
Regular