Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects 4WD Tracks Data, South-East Highlands, Australia, 2016

This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Road Transects 4WD Track Data Package comprises transect-based vegetation data for two Lowland-to-highland 4WD Roadside Transects in the South-East Highlands, Australia. These data have been used against background quadrat data to test a hypothesis about roads as vectors for dispersal of invasive species. Plots are located at altitudinally stratified intervals along two altitudinally-stratified transects. The transects follow major roads and management tracks in the Victorian Alps. Each track is divided into altitudinal sectors in which a single plot is situated. Within each plot, all species are identified and are assigned abundance and cover scores. The Alpine Summit plots 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.

维多利亚高山样地网络道路样带四驱车道数据集（Victorian Alpine Plot Network Road Transects 4WD Track Data Package）包含澳大利亚东南部高地两条低地至高地四驱车道路旁样带的基于样带的植被调查数据。本数据集结合背景样方数据，用于验证“道路可作为入侵物种扩散媒介”的假说。两条样带均按海拔梯度分层布设，样地沿样带以海拔分层的间隔设置。样带途经维多利亚阿尔卑斯山区的主要道路及管理步道。每条车道被划分为若干海拔区段，每个区段内设置一处样地。每个样地内完成所有物种的鉴定，并记录其多度与盖度评分。始于2001年的高山峰顶样地研究（Alpine Summit plots study）是维多利亚高山样地网络所收集数据集的组成部分。维多利亚高山样地网络完整计划所收集的相关数据集概要，可通过以下链接查阅：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-alpine。