Victorian Alpine Plot Network (ATEX): Invertebrate Pitfall Trapping, 2007–2010
Abstract: The Victorian Alpine Plot Network Invertebrate Pitfall Trapping Data Package contains invertebrate data which are sampled in 3-4 pitfall traps within each plot. The same points are used each season. A seven-day sampling period is repeated three times during the snow-free season (October to April) to help survey the full range of organisms present.
The objective of the Australian Tundra Experiment (ATEX) is to assess the likely response of vegetation and invertebrates to temperature increases attained through passive warming. The ATEX experiment is locate at four sites on the Bogong High Plains, each site comprising multiple 1 square metre plots. ATEX follows the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) protocol (Molau & Mølgaard 1996, Jarrad et al. 2009) which focuses on the growth and phenological responses of cold adapted vascular plant species to environmental change, specifically, to an increase in summer (growing season) temperatures.
The Victorian Alpine Plot Network research plots are revisited 4 times per year.
This data package is associated with the following publication: Nash MA, Griffin PC, Hoffmann AA (2013) Inconsistent responses of alpine arthropod communities to experimental warming and thermal gradients. Clim Res 55:227-237. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01136
Study extent: See: Molau U, Mølgaard P (1996) 'International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) Manual.' (Danish Polar Center: Copenhagen, Denmark), https://www.gvsu.edu/itex/library-8.htm
Project funding: Between 2012 and 2018 this project was part of, and funded through the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) a facility within the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) and supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.
Type
collection
Title
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (ATEX): Invertebrate Pitfall Trapping, 2007–2010
Alternate Title
Victorian Alpine Plot Network: Invertebrates ATEX, 2007–2010
Collection Type
Dataset
Access Privileges
Long Term Ecological Research Network
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
10.25911/5c3eca06142a6
Metadata Language
English
Data Language
English
Brief Description
The Victorian Alpine Plot Network Invertebrate Pitfall Trapping Data Package contains invertebrate data which are sampled in 3-4 pitfall traps within each plot taken between 2007 and 2010.
This data package is associated with the following publication: Nash MA, Griffin PC, Hoffmann AA (2013) Inconsistent responses of alpine arthropod communities to experimental warming and thermal gradients. Clim Res 55:227-237. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01136
Full Description
Abstract: The Victorian Alpine Plot Network Invertebrate Pitfall Trapping Data Package contains invertebrate data which are sampled in 3-4 pitfall traps within each plot. The same points are used each season. A seven-day sampling period is repeated three times during the snow-free season (October to April) to help survey the full range of organisms present.
The objective of the Australian Tundra Experiment (ATEX) is to assess the likely response of vegetation and invertebrates to temperature increases attained through passive warming. The ATEX experiment is locate at four sites on the Bogong High Plains, each site comprising multiple 1 square metre plots. ATEX follows the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) protocol (Molau & Mølgaard 1996, Jarrad et al. 2009) which focuses on the growth and phenological responses of cold adapted vascular plant species to environmental change, specifically, to an increase in summer (growing season) temperatures.
The Victorian Alpine Plot Network research plots are revisited 4 times per year.
This data package is associated with the following publication: Nash MA, Griffin PC, Hoffmann AA (2013) Inconsistent responses of alpine arthropod communities to experimental warming and thermal gradients. Clim Res 55:227-237. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01136
Study extent: See: Molau U, Mølgaard P (1996) 'International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) Manual.' (Danish Polar Center: Copenhagen, Denmark), https://www.gvsu.edu/itex/library-8.htm
Project funding: Between 2012 and 2018 this project was part of, and funded through the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) a facility within the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) and supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.
Methods
Plot set-up
1
Red gum end-pegs
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. Following the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) protocol (Molau and Mølgaard 1996; Jarrad et al. 2009; Wahren et al. 2013), four open-heathland ATEX field sites, two burnt and two unburnt, were established in the Rocky Knobs area (36.90ºS, 147.27ºE) on the Bogong High Plains in 2003. The burnt and unburnt sites were ca. 1.7 km apart while within burn-type, each of the sites were separated by approximately 0.5 km. At each of the two unburnt sites, 26 x 1 m2 plots are located along permanently marked transects. Transects are 10 m apart, 50 m long, and are marked with sturdy, red gum end-pegs. At each unburnt site, 13 of the plots are covered by a hexagonal open-topped chamber (OTC; base diameter 168 cm, top diameter 110 cm) and the remaining, control plots are uncovered. At each of the two burnt sites there are 14 x 1 m2 plots, seven of which are covered by an OTC, and seven of which are uncovered, controls.
Hexagonal open-topped chambers (OTCs)
2
The OTCs, which increase ambient temperatures inside the chambers at these sites by about 2 – 2.5°C, are constructed from lightweight, shatter-resistant fibreglass with high light transmittance (86%) and low transmittance of infra-red (<5%). The OTCs for this project are about 50 cm tall, with 110 cm diameter open-tops, and bases 170 cm wide. This size is large enough to accommodate all species to be monitored, without influencing growth habits or reproductive structures via, e.g. edge effects..
Data Collection
3
Pitfall traps
The data collected is used to assess the diversity of ground-dwelling arthopods. Three or four pitfall traps within each plot are used to capture arthropods. Traps are constructed from plastic sleeves (22 mm diameter, 150 mm deep) and are sunk 150 mm into the ground using a specially designed pin. A glass test tube (20 mm diameter, 120 mm deep) containing 50 mm of propylene glycol and ethanol (1:1) is placed inside the sleeve so that the top of the trap is flush or slightly below the soil surface (method adapted from Majer 1978). Sleeves are sealed with foam plugs when test tubes are not in place.
A seven-day sampling period occurs three times during the snow-free season (October to April). The same points are used each season.
A seven-day sampling period occurs three times during the snow-free season (October to April). The same points are used each season.
File Descriptions
vatx_itex_background_invertebratepitfalldata_p34t111.csv
| acari |
| ||||||||||||
| acari_anystidae |
| ||||||||||||
| acari_bdellidae |
| ||||||||||||
| acari_mesostigmata |
| ||||||||||||
| acari_oribatida |
| ||||||||||||
| acari_prostigmata |
| ||||||||||||
| acari_trombidiidae |
| ||||||||||||
| acari_uropodidae |
| ||||||||||||
| amphipoda |
| ||||||||||||
| araneae |
| ||||||||||||
| araneae_desidae |
| ||||||||||||
| araneae_lycosidae |
| ||||||||||||
| araneae_miturgidae |
| ||||||||||||
| araneae_opillonidae |
| ||||||||||||
| araneae_salticidae |
| ||||||||||||
| blattodea |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_anthicidae |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_carabidae |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_carabidae_microlestodes |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_carabidae_notagonum |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_carabidae_pseudoceneus |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_carabidae_simodontus |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_coccinellidae |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_curculionidae |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_elateridae |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_latridiidae |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_pselaphinae |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_scarabaeidae |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_staphylinidae |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_staphylinidae_atheta |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_tenebrionidae_adelium |
| ||||||||||||
| coleoptera_tenebrionidae_lepispilus |
| ||||||||||||
| collembola_brachystomellidae |
| ||||||||||||
| collembola_sminthuridae |
| ||||||||||||
| cryptopygus |
| ||||||||||||
| geophilida |
| ||||||||||||
| haplotaxida |
| ||||||||||||
| hemiptera |
| ||||||||||||
| hemiptera_aphididae |
| ||||||||||||
| hemiptera_cicadellidae |
| ||||||||||||
| hemiptera_coccoidea |
| ||||||||||||
| hemiptera_lygaeidae |
| ||||||||||||
| hymenoptera |
| ||||||||||||
| hymenoptera_agaonidae |
| ||||||||||||
| hymenoptera_formicidae |
| ||||||||||||
| hymenoptera_formicidae_iridomyrmex |
| ||||||||||||
| hymenoptera_mutillidae |
| ||||||||||||
| isopoda |
| ||||||||||||
| Isotomurus palustris |
| ||||||||||||
| lepidoptera |
| ||||||||||||
| lepidoptera_psychidae |
| ||||||||||||
| lithobiidae |
| ||||||||||||
| month |
| ||||||||||||
| number of records | 702 | ||||||||||||
| orthoptera_pteronemobius |
| ||||||||||||
| plot |
| ||||||||||||
| polydesmida |
| ||||||||||||
| pseudoscorpiones |
| ||||||||||||
| sample |
| ||||||||||||
| scutigeridae |
| ||||||||||||
| sigmurethra |
| ||||||||||||
| site |
| ||||||||||||
| site_name |
| ||||||||||||
| thysanoptera |
| ||||||||||||
| trap |
| ||||||||||||
| tricladida |
| ||||||||||||
| year |
|
vatx_itex_background_invertebratepitfalldata_p34t111_long.csv
| abundance |
| ||||||||||||
| month |
| ||||||||||||
| number of records | 42060 | ||||||||||||
| plot |
| ||||||||||||
| sample |
| ||||||||||||
| site |
| ||||||||||||
| site_name |
| ||||||||||||
| taxon |
| ||||||||||||
| trap |
| ||||||||||||
| year |
|
Contact Email
belln@unimelb.edu.au;
ary@unimelb.edu.au
Contact Address
Bio21 Institute,
Departments of Genetics and Zoology
University of Melbourne,
Melbourne, Vic., 3010
Australia
Contact Phone Number
+61 3 8344 2282
Principal Investigator
Ary Hoffman
Supervisors
Ary Hoffman
Fields of Research
0602 - Ecology
Keywords
GCMD:Earth Science > Biological Classification > Animals/Invertebrates;
GCMD:Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological dynamics;
LTERN Monitoring Theme:Invertebrates;
keyword:Invertebrates;
keyword:Open top chambers;
Victorian Alpine;
ATEX;
Invertebrates
Type of Research Activity
Strategic basic research
Date Coverage
2010
2007
Geospatial Location
South-east Highlands, Victoria, Australia
text
northlimit = -36.73575; southlimit = -37.49639; westlimit = 146.41728; eastLimit = 147.40598
iso19139dcmiBox
Date of data creation
2018-10-25
Year of data publication
2018
Creator(s) for Citation
Hoffman
Ary
Publisher for Citation
Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN), ANU Data Commons, The Australian National University
Publications
10.3354/cr01136
Nash MA, Griffin PC, Hoffmann AA (2013) Inconsistent responses of alpine arthropod communities to experimental warming and thermal gradients. Clim Res 55:227-237. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01136
Inconsistent responses of alpine arthropod communities to experimental warming and thermal gradients
doi
https://www.gvsu.edu/itex/library-8.htm
Molau U, Mølgaard P (1996) 'International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) Manual.' (Danish Polar Center: Copenhagen, Denmark), https://www.gvsu.edu/itex/library-8.htm
nternational Tundra Experiment (ITEX) Manual
uri
Other Related Identifiers
MorphoId:ltern6.243;
PackageId:34
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
Retention Period
Indefinitely
Data Management Plan
No
Status: Published
Published to:
Published to:
- Australian National University
- Australian National Data Service
Related items
- hasAssociationWith:
Victorian Alpine Plot Network: Victoria's Bogong High Plains and other high plains and mountain summits data packages, 1940-2018 [anudc:5556] - hasAssociationWith:
Ary Hoffmann [anudc:5563]