Ecosystem Surveillance Monitoring - Applications

   Some potential uses of AusPlots Data and Samples include:

• Isotopic or genetic analysis of soil and plant samples
• Classification of vegetation types
• Validation of remotely sensed ground cover data (e.g. fractional cover)
• Species presence/absence for training or validation of species distribution models
• Patterns (spatial, across gradients) in: fractional cover (e.g. proportion of green cover), growth form, and community structure composition
• Time series analysis (increasingly possible, currently > 100 sites with revisits) to assess seasonal differences and trends and/or compare to time series remote sensing imagery
• Development of ecological indicators for disturbance