Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Phenology Studies): Vegetation – Phenology Transect, South-east Highlands, Australia, 2011-2014

The Victorian Alpine Plot Network Vegetation – Phenology Transect 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

维多利亚高山样地网络植被-物候样带数据集包包含物候观测数据，该数据于海拔1400米至1880米的样带上每年开展三次统一采样。本套样带作为天然实验设立，旨在为验证ATEX操控式实验样地的研究结果提供支撑平台。本数据集的核心目标为阐明高山植物对环境变量的物候响应，并评估该观测手段在评价非生物（如气候）与生物（如入侵物种）因子变化下的生态脆弱性方面的应用价值。本数据集隶属于一套始于2011年的完整数据集，该数据集旨在记录气候直接驱动与生物交互间接驱动的长期生态效应（详细信息请参见研究方法部分）。维多利亚高山样地网络的研究样地每年需进行4次回访采样。维多利亚高山样地网络完整项目所收集的相关数据集概要，可通过以下链接获取：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-alpine