Ecosystem classification and conceptual models for the Western Australian Wheatbelt. A data collection from the Regional Ecosystem Accounting Pilot projects

This is a collection that describes conceptual ecosystem models for the WA Wheatbelt that are supplementary information used for interpretation of ecosystem accounts developed in Project 1: Ecosystem Accounting Pilots for Agricultural and Mixed-Use Landscapes in the REAP. The ecosystem accounts for Project 1 cover all or part of the time series from 1988 to 2020. A second data collection describes conceptual ecosystem models for the Flinders, Norman and Gilbert river catchments, the other pilot region in Project 1 (Richards et al. 2023, https://data.csiro.au/collection/csiro:57828). This data collection comprises the following elements: a methods report document (which includes a description of methods used to generate conceptual models and expert-derived condition scores, a text summary of the models (including ecosystem states and transitions), a table of expert-derived condition scores and a summary of limitations and lessons learned); PowerPoint files containing diagrams and photographs of each model; Excel files containing descriptions and quantities for attributes related to structure, function and composition of each conceptual model; an Excel file of transitions between ecosystem states; an Excel file of individual expert condition scores.