Victorian Alpine Plot Network (ATEX): Plot Microclimate Data, Bogong High Plains, Victoria, Australia, 2014–2015
Abstract: 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 Australian Tundra Experiment (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. In addition to monitoring vegetation responses, the experimental warming chambers were used to monitor the response of invertebrates to warming. Warming is achieved using hexagonal fibreglass open-top warming chambers (OTCs).
The OTCs were set up in December 2003 at 4 sites within a 2 × 4.5 km area of the Bogong High Plains, Victoria, Australia, known as Rocky Knobs (36.90ºS, 147.27ºE). Two of the sites were established on vegetation that had been recently burnt by the 2003 bushfires.
The sites are at approximately 1700 m above sea level and generally have snow cover of variable depth for 3 to 4 months each year (June-July to September-October). At each site, permanent plots of 1 m2 were selected to include as many of the common vascular grassland species as possible. Treatments were then allocated at random for a total of 40 control and 40 warmed plots. This dataset contains microclimate data for a subset of plots from 30-05-2014 to 2-05-2015. Sampling method: Each data logger used four sensors: ambient temperatures at 5 cm above the ground surface, soil surface temperatures, and soil temperatures 5 cm and 10 cm below ground. The soil surface sensor was positioned in an inter-tussock gap. Temperatures were recorded hourly. On 24/10/2008, due to problems with loggers, we replaced all Hobo H8 Outdoor/Industrial 4-channel loggers with a reduced set of HOBO U12 4-Channel External Data loggers (U12-008). Because analyses of the data showed that temperatures at the two unburnt sites were similar, as were temperatures at the two burnt sites, the new loggers were put in only at ITEX1U and ITEX3B. Study extent: At the beginning of the experiment in 2004, 24 Hobo H8 Outdoor/Industrial 4-channel data loggers were set up next to 24 plots across the 4 Australian ITEX sites. ITEX1U and ITEX2U (the two unburnt sites) each had 8 loggers: half randomly assigned to control (un-warmed) plots and half randomly assigned to OTC (warmed) plots. The two burnt sites (ITEX3B and ITEX4B) also had loggers, but because these sites had fewer plots and because of financial constraints only 4 loggers per site were installed (2 controls and 2 OTCs per site). Project funding: The experiment was initiated with funds from an Australia Research Council Linkage Grant for the period 2003-2006. A second Linkage Grant provided funds to continue the project from 2008 to 2012. 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.
The sites are at approximately 1700 m above sea level and generally have snow cover of variable depth for 3 to 4 months each year (June-July to September-October). At each site, permanent plots of 1 m2 were selected to include as many of the common vascular grassland species as possible. Treatments were then allocated at random for a total of 40 control and 40 warmed plots. This dataset contains microclimate data for a subset of plots from 30-05-2014 to 2-05-2015. Sampling method: Each data logger used four sensors: ambient temperatures at 5 cm above the ground surface, soil surface temperatures, and soil temperatures 5 cm and 10 cm below ground. The soil surface sensor was positioned in an inter-tussock gap. Temperatures were recorded hourly. On 24/10/2008, due to problems with loggers, we replaced all Hobo H8 Outdoor/Industrial 4-channel loggers with a reduced set of HOBO U12 4-Channel External Data loggers (U12-008). Because analyses of the data showed that temperatures at the two unburnt sites were similar, as were temperatures at the two burnt sites, the new loggers were put in only at ITEX1U and ITEX3B. Study extent: At the beginning of the experiment in 2004, 24 Hobo H8 Outdoor/Industrial 4-channel data loggers were set up next to 24 plots across the 4 Australian ITEX sites. ITEX1U and ITEX2U (the two unburnt sites) each had 8 loggers: half randomly assigned to control (un-warmed) plots and half randomly assigned to OTC (warmed) plots. The two burnt sites (ITEX3B and ITEX4B) also had loggers, but because these sites had fewer plots and because of financial constraints only 4 loggers per site were installed (2 controls and 2 OTCs per site). Project funding: The experiment was initiated with funds from an Australia Research Council Linkage Grant for the period 2003-2006. A second Linkage Grant provided funds to continue the project from 2008 to 2012. 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): Plot Microclimate Data, Bogong High Plains, Victoria, Australia, 2014–2015
Alternate Title
Victorian Alpine Plot Network: Plot Micro Climate ATEX, 2014–2015
Collection Type
Dataset
Access Privileges
Long Term Ecological Research Network
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
10.25911/5c3ecd43439bf
Metadata Language
English
Data Language
English
Brief Description
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.
This dataset contains microclimate data for a subset of plots from 30-05-2014 to 2-05-2015.
Full Description
Abstract: 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 Australian Tundra Experiment (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. In addition to monitoring vegetation responses, the experimental warming chambers were used to monitor the response of invertebrates to warming. Warming is achieved using hexagonal fibreglass open-top warming chambers (OTCs).
The OTCs were set up in December 2003 at 4 sites within a 2 × 4.5 km area of the Bogong High Plains, Victoria, Australia, known as Rocky Knobs (36.90ºS, 147.27ºE). Two of the sites were established on vegetation that had been recently burnt by the 2003 bushfires.
The sites are at approximately 1700 m above sea level and generally have snow cover of variable depth for 3 to 4 months each year (June-July to September-October). At each site, permanent plots of 1 m2 were selected to include as many of the common vascular grassland species as possible. Treatments were then allocated at random for a total of 40 control and 40 warmed plots. This dataset contains microclimate data for a subset of plots from 30-05-2014 to 2-05-2015. Sampling method: Each data logger used four sensors: ambient temperatures at 5 cm above the ground surface, soil surface temperatures, and soil temperatures 5 cm and 10 cm below ground. The soil surface sensor was positioned in an inter-tussock gap. Temperatures were recorded hourly. On 24/10/2008, due to problems with loggers, we replaced all Hobo H8 Outdoor/Industrial 4-channel loggers with a reduced set of HOBO U12 4-Channel External Data loggers (U12-008). Because analyses of the data showed that temperatures at the two unburnt sites were similar, as were temperatures at the two burnt sites, the new loggers were put in only at ITEX1U and ITEX3B. Study extent: At the beginning of the experiment in 2004, 24 Hobo H8 Outdoor/Industrial 4-channel data loggers were set up next to 24 plots across the 4 Australian ITEX sites. ITEX1U and ITEX2U (the two unburnt sites) each had 8 loggers: half randomly assigned to control (un-warmed) plots and half randomly assigned to OTC (warmed) plots. The two burnt sites (ITEX3B and ITEX4B) also had loggers, but because these sites had fewer plots and because of financial constraints only 4 loggers per site were installed (2 controls and 2 OTCs per site). Project funding: The experiment was initiated with funds from an Australia Research Council Linkage Grant for the period 2003-2006. A second Linkage Grant provided funds to continue the project from 2008 to 2012. 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.
The sites are at approximately 1700 m above sea level and generally have snow cover of variable depth for 3 to 4 months each year (June-July to September-October). At each site, permanent plots of 1 m2 were selected to include as many of the common vascular grassland species as possible. Treatments were then allocated at random for a total of 40 control and 40 warmed plots. This dataset contains microclimate data for a subset of plots from 30-05-2014 to 2-05-2015. Sampling method: Each data logger used four sensors: ambient temperatures at 5 cm above the ground surface, soil surface temperatures, and soil temperatures 5 cm and 10 cm below ground. The soil surface sensor was positioned in an inter-tussock gap. Temperatures were recorded hourly. On 24/10/2008, due to problems with loggers, we replaced all Hobo H8 Outdoor/Industrial 4-channel loggers with a reduced set of HOBO U12 4-Channel External Data loggers (U12-008). Because analyses of the data showed that temperatures at the two unburnt sites were similar, as were temperatures at the two burnt sites, the new loggers were put in only at ITEX1U and ITEX3B. Study extent: At the beginning of the experiment in 2004, 24 Hobo H8 Outdoor/Industrial 4-channel data loggers were set up next to 24 plots across the 4 Australian ITEX sites. ITEX1U and ITEX2U (the two unburnt sites) each had 8 loggers: half randomly assigned to control (un-warmed) plots and half randomly assigned to OTC (warmed) plots. The two burnt sites (ITEX3B and ITEX4B) also had loggers, but because these sites had fewer plots and because of financial constraints only 4 loggers per site were installed (2 controls and 2 OTCs per site). Project funding: The experiment was initiated with funds from an Australia Research Council Linkage Grant for the period 2003-2006. A second Linkage Grant provided funds to continue the project from 2008 to 2012. 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
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HOBO U12 4-Channel External Data loggers (U12-008)
Data loggers were installed initially next to each of 24 plots. The number of loggers was reduced to 10 in 2008.
File Descriptions
vatx_ATEX_climate_data_p331t547.csv
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Contact Email
belln@unimelb.edu.au;
ary@unimelb.edu.au;
r.woodward@unsw.edu.au;
chwahren@gmail.com;
james.camac@gmail.com;
j.morgan@latrobe.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;
+61 2 9585 6051;
+61 400 972 404;
+61 3 9479 2226;
+61 3 9479 1230;
+61 428 810 214
Principal Investigator
Ary Hoffman
Supervisors
Ary Hoffman
Collaborators
James Camac;
Research Centre for Applied Alpine Ecology, La Trobe University;
Henrick Wahren;
Elke Dawson
Fields of Research
0602 - Ecology
Keywords
GCMD:Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature;
GCMD:Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Alpine/Tundra;
GCMD:Land Surface > Land Temperature > Land Surface Temperature;
LTERN Monitoring Theme:On plot weather;
LTERN Monitoring Theme:Climate change;
Victorian Alpine;
ATEX;
Plot Micro Climate
Type of Research Activity
Strategic basic research
Date Coverage
2015-05-02
2014-05-30
Geospatial Location
Bogong High Plains, Victoria, Australia
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northlimit = -36.88496; southlimit = -36.909953; westlimit = 147.263077; eastLimit = 147.287443
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Date of data creation
2018-11-15
Year of data publication
2018
Creator(s) for Citation
Hoffman
Ary
Williams
Dick
Wahren
Henrick
Camac
James
Morgan
John
Papst
Warwick
Publisher for Citation
Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN), ANU Data Commons, The Australian National University
Publications
https://www.gvsu.edu/itex/library-8.htm
International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) protocol (Molau & Mølgaard 1996, Jarrad et al. 2009, https://www.gvsu.edu/itex/library-8.htm
International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) protocol
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Other Related Identifiers
MorphoId:ltern6.372;
PackageId:331
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
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