Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Vegetation Life-form Data, South-East Highlands, Australia, 2012

This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Vegetation Life Form Data Package comprises line intercept data for alpine mountain summits in the Australian Alps. For each mountain summit, four varying length permanent transects have been established. These transects extend downslope, along each cardinal and inter-cardinal directions, to a point situated 5 metres below the summit. Along each transect, plant and substrate attributes recorded include dominant life form classes, the ‘presence’ of dominant plant species and substrate ‘type’ when vegetation is absent .

This study, which commenced in 2001, forms part of the collection of data packages by the Victorian Alpine Plot Network. 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（Victorian Alpine Plot Network）植被生活型数据集包包含澳大利亚阿尔卑斯山区高山峰顶的样线截距法调查数据。针对每座高山峰顶，均布设了4条长度不等的永久样线；这些样线沿东、南、西、北四个正方位与东北、西北、东南、西南四个斜方位向下坡延伸，直至峰顶下方5米处的点位。沿每条样线记录的植物与基质属性包括：优势生活型类群、优势植物物种的存在情况，以及无植被覆盖时的基质类型。
本数据集包始于2001年，是维多利亚州高山样地网络数据集收集工作的组成部分。该网络完整项目所收集的相关数据集包概览，可通过以下链接获取：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-alpine。