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Long-term research key to sustainable land management in northern Australia

Illustrations of fire severity index classes where: (A) Class 1, patchy (low severity); (B) Class 1 (low severity); (C) Class 2 (moderate severity); (D) Class ...
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Modelling savanna change in the Northern Territory

TERN’s Ecosystem Modelling and Scaling Infrastructure (eMAST) is supporting ecosystem research in northern Australia through its engagement in a number of landmark carbon and water ...
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Ecological data services for high quality, well described data

Australian Ecological Knowledge and Observation System (ӔKOS V1.1.0) map of site data holdings in northern Australia as of February 2014, data from the Northern Territory ...
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Survey teams head north to sample key ecosystems

TERN’s AusPlots survey team, more used to the arid deserts of central Australia and the tall eucalypt forests of the south, is shifting its focus ...
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Understanding cyclones and fires using satellites

Bird’s-eye view of a prescribed burn The frequency and intensity of disturbances in northern Australia, such as cyclones and fires, have profound effects on ecosystem ...
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Northern Australia next stop in traverse of world’s key biomes

The North Australian Tropical Transect (NATT) traverses Australia’s tropical savanna biome from the Northern Territory coast (cf. 1700 mm annual rainfall) south to the end ...
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Hives of activity across northern Australian SuperSites

Knowing the amount of biomass contained in Australia’s northern ecosystems allows us to estimate current carbon stocks and more accurately describe how this region contributes ...
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Helping plan for sea level rise in Kakadu

What will happen to Kakadu’s wetlands under projected sea level rise? How will they cope with the increased saltwater intrusion? TERN’s Australian Coastal Ecosystem Facility ...
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Integrated catchment to coast planning in northern Australia

TERN’s Australian Centre for Ecological Analyses and Synthesis (ACEAS) facility currently has 26 groups working on challenges in northern Australia. These groups comprise ecosystem studies ...
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Come one, come all: national workshops to strengthen ecosystem science

February has seen a hive of activity towards the Ecosystem Science Long-Term Plan (ESLTP), with town hall meetings rolling out across the country to enable ...
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