Long Term Ecological Network

Between 2012 and 2018 the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) integrated key established plot networks across Australia to tackle critical questions associated with the impacts of disturbance on Australian ecosystems. LTERN brought together some of Australia’s leading ecologists as well as drawing together a range of existing long-term ecological monitoring programs to examine Australian ecosystems in new ways. LTERN was composed of 12 ecological plot networks across Australia which had been actively monitored for several years and in some cases decades. These plot networks spanned a number of ecosystems including tropical savannas, tall eucalypt forests, mallee woodlands and shrublands, alpine regions, and deserts. The networks also covered multiple land tenures and land uses including plantation forestry, conservation, restoration, tourism and agriculture. These networks are designed to monitor biodiversity and better understand disturbance regimes associated with fire, logging, livestock grazing, invasive species, extreme weather events and climate change

2012年至2018年间，长期生态研究网络（Long Term Ecological Research Network，LTERN）整合了澳大利亚境内一批核心成熟的样地网络（plot networks），旨在解决与干扰对澳大利亚生态系统影响相关的关键科学问题。LTERN汇聚了澳大利亚顶尖生态学家，并整合了一系列现有长期生态监测项目，以全新视角开展澳大利亚生态系统研究。该网络由澳大利亚境内12个生态样地网络组成，这些样地网络已被持续监测数年乃至数十年。这些样地网络覆盖了多种生态系统类型，包括热带稀树草原、高大桉树林、马利桉灌丛林地与灌丛地、高山区域及荒漠。此外，这些网络还涵盖了多种土地权属与土地利用类型，包括人工林经营、生态保护、生态修复、旅游开发及农业生产。该系列网络的设计初衷为监测生物多样性，并加深对火灾、伐木、畜牧放牧、入侵物种、极端天气事件及气候变化相关干扰格局的理解。

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集是澳大利亚长期生态研究网络（LTERN）的整合数据，覆盖2012年至2018年，包含12个长期监测的生态样地网络，涵盖热带稀树草原、森林、沙漠等多种生态系统和土地利用类型。其核心目标是监测生物多样性并研究火灾、伐木、气候变化等干扰对澳大利亚生态系统的影响，数据公开且采用知识共享许可。