AusLTER - Victorian Alpine Plot Network - Australia

Basic Information
Site Name
AusLTER - Victorian Alpine Plot Network
Short name
Victorian Alpine Network
Country
Australia
Web Address
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (LTERN), Australia
Operating Organisation
La Trobe University
Parks Victoria
Site Manager
John Morgan
Ary Hoffmann
Funding Agency
Australian National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS)
Australian Super Science Initiative
La Trobe University
Australian National University
The University of Melbourne
Site Description
The Victorian Alpine Plot Network is located in Victoria’s Bogong High Plains and other high plains and mountain summits. Temporal visits generally range from every 3 to 10 years with some plots are surveyed annually during initial monitoring. Between 2012 and 2018 the Victorian Alpine Plot Network was a member of Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN), Australia, a facility of the Australian Government's Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN).
Last modified
2023-09-15 01:09:40

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1944
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
TERN Australia✔ (TERN-LTERN-VAL-AU-10)This site is a verified "TERN Australia" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
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Geographic
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Elevation (average)
891.00msl
Elevation (min)
567.00msl
Elevation (max)
1782.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem Type
Alpine
EUNIS habitat
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E)
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) » Alpine and subalpine grasslands (E4)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
5.80°C
Precipitation Annual
1859.70mm
Vegetation
All major vegetation types including heathlands, grasslands, wetlands and rare snow-patch herbfields.
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » No tower on site
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Unstructured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » No data transmission from site
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » No within site data transmission
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
730
Maintenance Interval
0
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Data Policy Notes
LTERN encouraged the sharing of data and knowledge for the long-term benefit of the research community. Data sharing should only occur within a framework where data contributors receive appropriate recognition for their work, and where data users understand, in advance, the responsibilities placed upon them when they access and/or use another?s data.
Data Policy URL
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
LTER Site Classification
Regular