Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Vegetation Life-form Data, South-East Highlands, Australia, 2017

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 altitudinal 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植被生活型数据集包（Victorian Alpine Plot Network Vegetation Life Form Data Package）收录了澳大利亚阿尔卑斯山区高山山顶的样线截获数据（line intercept data）。针对每座高山山顶，已布设4条长度不等的永久样线；这些样线沿四个正方位及四个斜方位向下坡延伸，直至山顶下方海拔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别、优势植物物种的存在情况，以及无植被覆盖时的基质类型。

本数据集始于2001年，是维多利亚州高山样地网络数据集包合集的组成部分。维多利亚州高山样地网络完整监测计划下所采集的相关数据集包的概要，可通过以下链接获取：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-alpine