Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Vertebrate Trapping, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2018

• Main Author: Graeme Gillespie
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: TERN Australia 2018
• Subjects: Earth Science > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Savannas; Earth Science > Biological Classification > Animals/Vertebrates; Mammals; Herpetofauna; Invasive animals; Vertebrates; 0502; 0602; 0608; Antaresia childreni; Carlia; Carlia amax; Carlia gracilis; Carlia munda; Carlia triacantha; Chlamydosaurus kingii; Cryptophis pallidiceps; Ctenotus coggeri; Ctenotus spaldingi; Delma borea; Demansia papuensis; Diporiphora albilabris; Diporiphora bilineata; Eremiascincus isolepis; Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis; Heteronotia binoei; Isoodon macrourus; Melomys burtoni; Menetia maini; Morethia ruficauda; Notoscincus; Planigale maculata; Proablepharus tenuis; Rattus rattus; Rhinella marina; Uperoleia; Uperoleia arenicola; Varanus acanthurus; Zyzomys argurus; Elliott; Litchfield; Delma
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern9.18.10/html

These data are records of all vertebrates trapped at a set of sites within Nitmiluk National Park surveyed in either 2017 or 2018. A total of 20 sites were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods. Thirteen sites have prior monitoring through the Three Parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network which involved sampling at 5-6 year intervals at 220 plots established from 1996 – 2002. Seven sites have no prior monitoring. In 2017/18 a paired plot design was implemented at all sites, involving the duplication of some but not all survey methods at a second plot directly adjacent to the traditional plot. Cage and Elliott traps were operated at plot 1 (the traditional plot at those sites with prior sampling). Three pit traps were installed and operated within both plot 1 and plot 2. In addition, two funnel traps were installed on each pit trap. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Three Park Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/three-parks-savanna