Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Phenology Studies): Vegetation (Insect flower visitors) Data, South-east Highlands, Australia, 2009-2012

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（昆虫访花者）数据包（Victorian Alpine Plot Network Vegetation (Insect flower visitors) Data Package）包含物候数据（phenology data），该类数据于每年三次的统一采样日期，在海拔1400米至1880米的样带（transects）上采集。这些样带被设置为自然实验平台，旨在搭建验证ATEX操控实验样地研究结果的基础设施。本研究的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（abiotic，如气候）与生物（biotic，如入侵物种）因素变化时的脆弱性方面的实用性。
本数据集涵盖2011年起采集的相关数据，用于记录气候直接驱动与生物相互作用间接驱动的长期效应（详细信息参见研究方法部分）。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，已采集的相关数据包的概要信息可通过以下链接获取：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-alpine