Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Long Term Monitoring - Community Changes): Vegetation Data, South-east Highlands, Australia, 2012–2013
The Victorian Alpine Plot Network vegetation data package contains vegetation data collected at a sub-set of the 481 long term monitoring plots which have been established in Australian Alps and in Tasmania. The sampling regime within the Victorian Network generally consists of multiple randomly positioned transects within sites, (rather than ‘plots’ sensu stricto), with each site, and/or transect geo-located. Point quadrats are taken at fixed intervals along each transect. The number of transects within sites, and sampling frequency varies from annual to decadal, depending on site and purpose. This general array of sampling transects, point quadrats along transects and floristic quadrats is consistent between grassland and snowpatch monitoring sites, although the number of transects and floristic quadrats needed to detect change in key variables (vegetation cover, bare ground, etc) at each site varies over time. There are also long-term monitoring sites in wetlands.
This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 1944, when plot were set up to document long-term changes in ecosystem composition and structure in relation to disturbance (see methods for more information). The Victorian Alpine Plot Network research plots are revisited on a 2-10 years basis. 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
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- Date (Publication)
- 2014-09-19
- Date (Revision)
- 2014-09-19
- Edition
- 46
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- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Plant species composition
- Vegetation structure
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- GCMD Science Keywords
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- South-east Highlands
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- Time period
- 2012-01-01 2013-01-01
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- No special attribution required. Citation details as displayed in the LTERN Data Portal Spatial coordinates for sites are available at https://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.238/html (Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Long term Monitoring - Community Changes): Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, South-east Highlands, Australia).
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- http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.219/html
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- EPSG/EPSG:4326
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- Geodetic Geographic 2D
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- TERN GeoNetwork UUID - Long Term Ecological Research Network
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- English
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- Dataset
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/7b39b212-df7d-520e-b07f-2bc4f8f4c843
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- Date info (Creation)
- 2014-09-19T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2018-11-15T00:00:00
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- ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
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- 1
Metadata standard
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- ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
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- 1.0
Metadata standard
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- ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
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- 1.0
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- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
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- 2021
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- 1.0