Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Phenology Studies): Vegetation (Insect flower visitors) Data, South-east Highlands, Australia, 2013–2014

The Victorian Alpine Plot Network Vegetation (Insect flower visitors) Data Package contains phenology data which are sampled on the same dates, three times a year at transects situated at an altitude of 1400 m to 1880 m. These transects were established as a natural experiment - to provide infrastructure to validate the findings from the ATEX manipulated, experimental plots. The aim is to describe the phonological responses of alpine plants to environmental variables and assess the usefulness of this measure to assess vulnerability to changing abiotic (e.g. climate) and biotic (e.g. invasive species) factors. This is part of a dataset that spans from during data collected in 2011 to document long-term effects directly through climate and indirectly through biotic interactions (see methods for more information). The Victorian Alpine Plot Network research plots are revisited 4 times per year. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Victorian Alpine Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-alpine

维多利亚州高山样地网络植被（访花昆虫）数据集包（Victorian Alpine Plot Network Vegetation (Insect flower visitors) Data Package）包含物候学数据，该数据于每年三次、同一日期在海拔1400米至1880米的样带中采集。这些样带作为自然实验设立，旨在搭建验证ATEX操控性实验样地研究结果的基础设施。本研究的核心目标为：阐明高山植物对环境变量的物候响应，并评估该指标在评估物种面临非生物（如气候）与生物（如入侵物种）变化胁迫时的脆弱性方面的实用性。本数据集隶属于一项始于2011年的完整研究数据集，其旨在直接通过气候因素、间接通过生物相互作用记录长期生态效应（详细方法参见配套文档）。维多利亚州高山样地网络的研究样地每年需回访四次。作为维多利亚州高山样地网络完整研究计划的一部分，相关数据集包的概要信息可通过以下链接查阅：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-alpine