Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine/sub alpine Australian Tundra Experiment): Vegetation Data, South-east Highlands, Australia, 2013-2014

• Main Author: Ary Hoffmann
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: TERN Australia 2014
• Subjects: Vegetation structure; Plant species composition; Plant species abundance; Individual plants; 0602; Earth Science > Biosphere > Vegetation; Acetosella vulgaris; Aciphylla glacialis; Acrothamnus montanus; Agropyron velutinum; Agrostis venusta; Ajuga australis; Argyrotegium fordianum; Argyrotegium mackayi; Arthropodium milleflorum; Asperula gunnii; Asterolasia trymalioides; Australopyrum velutinum; Brachyscome decipiens; Carex breviculmis; Carex rara; Celmisia costiniana; Celmisia pugioniformis; Colobanthus affinis; Cotula alpina; Craspedia coolaminica; Craspedia jamesii; Craspedia lamicola; Deyeuxia monticola; Deyeuxia species; Erigeron bellidioides; Erigeron nitidus; Geranium antrorsum; Grevillea australis; Hovea montana; Hypochaeris radicata; Leptorhynchos squamatus; Leucopogon hookeri; Luzula alpina; Luzula modesta; Melicytus dentatus; Microseris lanceolata; Olearia brevipedunculata; Olearia phlogopappa; Oreomyrrhis argentea; Oreomyrrhis eriopoda; Pimelea alpina; Pimelea axiflora; Plantago euryphylla; Poa costiniana; Poa fawcettiae; Poa hiemata; Poa species; Podolepis robusta; Poranthera microphylla; Pultenaea tenella; Ranunculus eichlerianus; Ranunculus victoriensis; Rytidosperma nudiflorum; Rytidosperma penicillatum; Scleranthus biflorus; Senecio pinnatifolius; Trachymene humilis; Trisetum spicatum; Viola betonicifolia; Xerochrysum subundulatum; Tundra
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.226.30/html

The Victorian Alpine Plot Network Vegetation Data Package contains vegetation data for four sites situated on the Bogong High Plains. Sites, which comprise multiple 1 square metre plots, are visited every second snow-free season. Vegetative growth is recorded in seven selected species, namely Carex breviculmis, Poa hiemata (Graminiods) and Celmisia pugioniformis, Erigeron bellidioides, and Plantago euryphylla (Forbs), and stems of Asterolasia trymalioides and Pimelea alpine by measuring growth amounts and converting measurements into a relative rate. This is part of a larger dataset that spans from during data collected in 2003 to document long-term effects of climate change (see methods for more information). The Victorian Alpine Plot Network research plots are revisited on a biannual basis , though measurements taken during surveys differ from visit to visit. 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