Victorian Alpine Plot Network (ATEX): Invertebrate Pitfall Trapping, 2007–2010

The Victorian Alpine Plot Network Invertebrate Pitfall Trapping Data Package contains invertebrate data which are sampled in 3-4 pitfall traps within each plot. The same points are used each season. A seven-day sampling period is repeated three times during the snow-free season (October to April) to help survey the full range of organisms present. The objective of the Australian Tundra Experiment (ATEX) is to assess the likely response of vegetation and invertebrates to temperature increases attained through passive warming. The ATEX experiment is locate at four sites on the Bogong High Plains, each site comprising multiple 1 square metre plots. ATEX follows the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) protocol (Molau & Mølgaard 1996, Jarrad et al. 2009) which focuses on the growth and phenological responses of cold adapted vascular plant species to environmental change, specifically, to an increase in summer (growing season) temperatures. The Victorian Alpine Plot Network research plots are revisited 4 times per year. This data package is associated with the following publication: Nash MA, Griffin PC, Hoffmann AA (2013) Inconsistent responses of alpine arthropod communities to experimental warming and thermal gradients. Clim Res 55:227-237. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01136维多利亚高山样地网络无脊椎动物陷阱诱捕数据集包（Victorian Alpine Plot Network Invertebrate Pitfall Trapping Data Package）包含无脊椎动物采样数据，每个样地内布设3~4个陷阱诱捕器（pitfall trap）开展采样。每个采样季均沿用相同的采样点位，在无雪季（10月至次年4月）内重复开展为期7天的采样作业共3次，以全面调查样地内现存的全部生物类群。 澳大利亚冻原实验（Australian Tundra Experiment, ATEX）的研究目标为评估植被与无脊椎动物对被动增温所引发的温度升高的潜在响应。该实验设置于博贡高平原（Bogong High Plains）的4个样点，每个样点包含多个1平方米的研究样地。ATEX遵循国际冻原实验（International Tundra Experiment, ITEX）规程（Molau & Mølgaard 1996, Jarrad et al. 2009），该规程聚焦于冷适应维管植物（vascular plant）物种对环境变化的生长与物候响应，具体为夏季（生长季）温度升高所带来的影响。 维多利亚高山样地网络的研究样地每年需回访4次。本数据集包关联以下已发表学术文献：Nash MA, Griffin PC, Hoffmann AA (2013) 《高山节肢动物群落对实验增温与温度梯度的响应不一致》。《气候研究》（Clim Res）55:227-237. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01136