Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects Data, South-East Highlands, Australia, 2017
This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Road Transects Data Package comprises transect-based vegetation data for Lowland-to-highland 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 attitudinally stratified intervals along five attitudinally-stratified transects. The transects follow major roads and management tracks in the Victorian Alps. Each road is divided into 20 altitudinal sectors in which a single plot is situated. Within each plot, all species are identified and are assigned 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 https://doi.org/10.25911/5c11c3d283b0e.
Method: The data collection protocol follows the guidelines of the Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN; http://www.mountaininvasions.org/). The aim is to determine which exotic (and native) species are where on mountain roadsides and are using these data against background quadrat data collected over past years and decades to test hypotheses about roads as vectors for dispersal of invasive species.
Study extent: These data aim to document the distribution of exotic (and native) species from foothills to mountain summits along transport corridors.
Project funding: Parks Victoria, Mt Hotham Alpine Resort. Between 2012 and 2018 this project has been part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN). LTERN is a Facility within the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN). TERN is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.
Type
collection
Title
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects Data, South-East Highlands, Australia, 2017
Alternate Title
Victorian Alpine Plot Network: Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects Summit Plots, 2017
Collection Type
Dataset
Access Privileges
Long Term Ecological Research Network
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
10.25911/5c105f4940fb2
Metadata Language
English
Data Language
English
Brief Description
This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Road Transects Data Package comprises transect-based vegetation data for Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects in the South-East Highlands, Australia.
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 https://doi.org/10.25911/5c11c3d283b0e.
Full Description
This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Road Transects Data Package comprises transect-based vegetation data for Lowland-to-highland 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 attitudinally stratified intervals along five attitudinally-stratified transects. The transects follow major roads and management tracks in the Victorian Alps. Each road is divided into 20 altitudinal sectors in which a single plot is situated. Within each plot, all species are identified and are assigned 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 https://doi.org/10.25911/5c11c3d283b0e.
Method: The data collection protocol follows the guidelines of the Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN; http://www.mountaininvasions.org/). The aim is to determine which exotic (and native) species are where on mountain roadsides and are using these data against background quadrat data collected over past years and decades to test hypotheses about roads as vectors for dispersal of invasive species.
Study extent: These data aim to document the distribution of exotic (and native) species from foothills to mountain summits along transport corridors.
Project funding: Parks Victoria, Mt Hotham Alpine Resort. Between 2012 and 2018 this project has been part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN). LTERN is a Facility within the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN). TERN is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.
Methods
Plot Setup
1
None specified
The sampling regime consists of five altitudinal transect with plots located at altitudinal intervals along the transects. The transects follow major roads and management tracks in the Victorian Alps.The five road-side transects are:
1) Mt Beauty to the Bogong High Plains (Mt Beauty Rd)
2) Shannonvale to the Bogong High Plains (Shannonvale Rd)
3) Harrietville to Mt Hotham (Hotham Rd)
4) Dargo to the Dargo High Plains (Dargo)
5) Licola to The Howitt Plains (Tamboritha Howitt)
Each road is divided into 20 altitudinal sectors (19 for Shannonvale). These are spaced according to a simple formula: (highest altitude - lowest altitude) /19
In each sector, one quadrat, 2 m x 50 m, is placed parallel to the roadside. Cover abundance scores are measured for all plant species in each plot.
1) Mt Beauty to the Bogong High Plains (Mt Beauty Rd)
2) Shannonvale to the Bogong High Plains (Shannonvale Rd)
3) Harrietville to Mt Hotham (Hotham Rd)
4) Dargo to the Dargo High Plains (Dargo)
5) Licola to The Howitt Plains (Tamboritha Howitt)
Each road is divided into 20 altitudinal sectors (19 for Shannonvale). These are spaced according to a simple formula: (highest altitude - lowest altitude) /19
In each sector, one quadrat, 2 m x 50 m, is placed parallel to the roadside. Cover abundance scores are measured for all plant species in each plot.
Data Collection
2
None specified
Within each quadrat, we identify all species and assign an abundance score (where 1 = 1-10 individuals, 2 = 10-100 individuals, 3 = >100 individuals) and a cover score (1 = <1%, 2 = 1-5% and 3 = >5%).
File Descriptions
vasp_roadside_transects_all_abundance_2017_p706t1300.csv
abundance |
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description | Abundance score for five sites | ||||||||||
number of records | 22644 | ||||||||||
origin |
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site_name |
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species_name |
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vasp_roadside_transects_all_cover_2017_p706t1301.csv
cover |
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description | Cover score for five sites | ||||||||||
number of records | 22644 | ||||||||||
origin |
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site_name |
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species_name |
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vasp_roadside_transects_environmental_factors_2017_p706t1135.csv
bare_ground_pc |
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description | Environmental factors for five sites | ||||||||||
disturbance_intensity |
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disturbance_type_s |
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fenced_yes_no |
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fire_history_confidence_pc |
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forest_canopy_pc |
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herbivore_disturb_cov_class |
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herbivores_list_species |
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number of records | 99 | ||||||||||
site_name |
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vegetation_pc |
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year_of_last_fire |
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vasp_roadside_transects_site_details_2017_p706t1136.csv
altitude_m |
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aspect |
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date |
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description | Site details for five sites | ||||||
geology_cat |
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number of records | 99 | ||||||
plant_community |
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project |
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quad_length_m |
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quad_width_m |
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quadrat_type |
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road_type |
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road_verge_width_m |
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site_name |
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site_region |
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slope |
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topography_cat |
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vasp_roadside_transects_all_abundance_2017_p706t1302.zip
description | ZIP file of abundance scores in wide format (one CSV file per site) |
vasp_roadside_transects_all_cover_2017_p706t1303.zip
description | ZIP file of cover scores in wide format (one CSV file per site) |
Contact Email
belln@unimelb.edu.au;
ary@unimelb.edu.au
Contact Address
University of Melbourne
Bio21 Institute
Departments of Genetics and Zoolog
Melbourne, VIC., 3010
Australia
Contact Phone Number
+61 3 8344 2282
Principal Investigator
Ary Hoffman
Supervisors
Ary Hoffman
Collaborators
John Morgan;
Henrick Wahren;
Ary Hoffman
Fields of Research
0602 - Ecology
Keywords
GCMD:Biological Classification > Plants;
GCMD:Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Alpine/Tundra;
LTERN Monitoring Theme:Vegetation structure;
LTERN Monitoring Theme:Plant species composition;
LTERN Monitoring Theme:Plant species abundance;
LTERN Monitoring Theme:Individual plants;
keyword:Alpine National Park;
keyword:Species richness;
keyword:Compositional changes;
keyword:Weed invasion;
keyword:Altitudinal gradient;
Victorian Alpine;
Summit Plots;
Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects
Type of Research Activity
Pure basic research
Date Coverage
2017-01-18
2017-01-09
Geospatial Location
Victorian Alpine Plot Network Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects Data
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northlimit = -36.7325; southlimit = -37.13255; westlimit = 146.4542; eastLimit = 147.30667
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Date of data creation
2018-10-26
Year of data publication
2018
Creator(s) for Citation
Hoffman
Ary
Publisher for Citation
The Australian National University Data Commons
Other Related Identifiers
MorphoId:ltern6.288;
PackageId:706
Access Rights Type
Open
Rights held in and over the data
Creative Commons Licence (CC BY- Attribution) is assigned to this data. Details of the licence can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Licence Type
CC-BY - Attribution (Version 4)
Licence
LTERN Deed: 7
Date of execution: 2016-10-10
Data Location
https://datacommons.anu.edu.au
Retention Period
Indefinitely
Data Management Plan
No
Status: Published
Published to:
Published to:
- Australian National University
- Australian National Data Service
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