Metadata details
AAS_926_Bunger_Hills_Biogeography
An earlier version of this dataset was referenced by a different DOI 10.26179/5e015f5468952
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- Citation
- Gore, D., Leishman, M. and Gibson, J.A. (2023) Biogeography of the Bunger Hills - plant and bird locations 1995-2000, Ver. 2, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/563m-p165, Accessed: 2026-08-26
- Title
- Biogeography of the Bunger Hills - plant and bird locations 1995-2000
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/563m-p165
- Created Date
- 2019-10-31
- Revision Date
- 2025-04-09
- Expected Date of Data Release
- 2023-11-21
- Data Version
- 2
- Parent record
- None
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Related links
Description
Biogeography of Bunger Hills
Locations of plants (moss, Lichens - Buellia frigida, Physcia caesia, Rhizocarpon flavum, Usnea antarctica, Umbilicaria decussata)
Locations of birds (Wilsons Storm Petrels (Oceanites oceanicus), Snow Petrels (Pagodroma nivea), Skua (Catharacta mccormicki)) sightings and, more rarely, nests.
Data consist of grid references.
Snow petrel nests were digitised in November 2023 from fig.3 upper panel of the research paper: Leishman, M., Gibson, J., and Gore, D. (2020). Spatial distribution of birds and terrestrial plants in Bunger Hills. Antarctic Science, 32(2), 153-166. doi:10.1017/S0954102020000012. This data has been added to the metadata record as a point shapefile.
Purpose
The data were collected to compare with sediment chemistry data and try to determine some of the controls on the distribution of biota in Bunger Hills.
Quality
The data were collected opportunistically while on other field work, sampling in each grid kilometre of Bunger Hills. Only unambiguous plant species data are presented in this data set; any observations with taxonomic uncertainty have been withheld from this data set - contact the author if required.
Data were collected progressively through the 1995/96 summer season, and so may be biased by the time of the season. Locations were estimated from the Australian 1:50,000 map taken from the SPOT image and were not taken using a handheld GPS (which were not available at the time). Locations are better than 200 m and typically better than 100 m on this map.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
A previous version of these data was referenced by a different DOI - doi:10.26179/5e015f5468952
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1995-12-01 - Stop date: 2000-03-01
Spatial Coverages
Data Resolution
- 100 Metre(s)
- 100 Metre(s)
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES
- EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY
Additional Keywords
- SNOW PETREL
- BIOGEOGRAPHY
- SKUA
- BUNGER HILLS
- WILSONS STORM PETREL
- SEDIMENT CONDUCTIVITY
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
- VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
- Global Positioning System
Researchers
- gore, damian (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
- leishman, michelle (INVESTIGATOR)
- gibson, john (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_926_Bunger_Hills_Biogeography when using these data.
Project
ISO Topic
- BIOTA
Dataset Language
- English
Orignating Centre
- Australian Antarctic Division
Dataset Progress
- COMPLETE
IDN Node
- AMD
- CEOS
- AMD/AU
Publications
- Leishman, M.R., Gibson, J.A.E., Gore, D.B. (2020) Spatial distribution of birds and terrestrial plants of Bunger Hills, East Antarctica., Antarctic Science, 32(2), 153-166
Metadata Revision History
2019-10-31 - record created by Damien Gore. 2019-12-24 - record updated by Dave Connell to add data provided by Damien Gore. 2020-01-16 - record updated by Dave Connell to link it to the related AAS 926 salt and sediment metadata record. 2020-03-06 - record updated by Damian Gore to add a publication reference. 2023-11-21 - record updated by Suzelle Lucas to update the dataset. 2025-01-15 - record updated by Dave Connell after a corrected project URL was provided by Lewis Rockliffe. 2025-04-09 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.
