public read Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcUniversity of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural ResourcesleadUniversity of Vermont Gund Institute for Ecological EconomicspartnerPlot-level data on forest structure, composition, and carbon pools (live and dead vegetation).Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeWilliamKeetonprincipalInvestigatorGarrettMeigscontentProviderThis is a field-based study of intermediate wind disturbance (i.e., blowdown) effects on forest structure, composition, and carbon dynamics. Under Professor William Keeton's supervision, field crews collected data at four sites at multiple points in time. One of the primary outcomes is a journal article in Ecological Applications.Plot dataPlot-level data on forest structure, composition, and carbon pools (live and dead vegetation).VMC.1219.2445mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/cdlwinddisturbance/dataset/plot2007-08-222015-08-13big_trees_perha_totalbig trees per ha, totalnumber of trees per hectare greater than or equal to 50 cm dbhdecimalmeterrational0110.57canopyclosure_perccanopy closure (%)percent canopy closure of live treesintmeterrational0100conditioncondition - either blowown or referenceblowdown or reference conditiontextdead_above_bmass_mghadead tree aboveground biomass (Mg per ha)megagrams per hectare of dead tree aboveground biomass based on a volumetric component ratio methoddecimalmeterrational098.06dead_above_carbon_mgchadead tree aboveground carbon mass (Mg C per ha)megagrams of carbon per hectare of dead tree aboveground biomass based on a volumetric component ratio methoddecimalmeterrational049.03dead_tree_ba_m2hadead tree basal area (m2 per ha)dead tree basal area (square meters per hectare)decimalmeterrational018.37dead_tree_density_per_hadead trees per hanumber of dead trees per hectaredecimalmeterrational0693.79herb_percovherbaceous vegetation cover (%)percent cover of herbaceous vegetationdecimalmeterrational078.275h_sizestructural complexity index based on tree size (H')structural complexity index based on overstory tree size (dbh)decimalmeterrational02.101h_sppstructural complexity index based on tree species (H')structural complexity index based on overstory tree species compositiondecimalmeterrational01.855live_above_bmass_mghalive tree aboveground biomass (Mg per ha)megagrams per hectare of dead tree aboveground biomass based on allometric equationsdecimalmeterrational0375.62live_above_carbon_mgchalive tree aboveground carbon mass (Mg C per ha)megagrams of carbon per hectare of live tree aboveground biomassdecimalmeterrational0187.81live_tree_ba_m2halive tree basal area (m2 per ha)live tree basal area (square meters per hectare)decimalmeterrational075.76live_tree_density_per_halive trees per hanumber of live trees per hectaredecimalmeterrational02694.77moss_percovmoss vegetation cover (%)percent cover of moss vegetationdecimalmeterrational047.5number_size_classesnumber of tree size classesnumber of tree size classes for structural complexity estimatesintmeterinteger313plot_idplot idplot id for data analysisintplot_numplot numberplot number within a given standintqmdquadratic mean diameterquadratic mean tree diameter (cm)decimalmeterrational050.72rel_densrelative tree densityrelative tree densitydecimalmeterrational0141.6saplings_per_hasapling density (per ha)number of tree saplings per hectareintmeterrational1507750seedlings_per_haseedling density (per ha)number of tree seedlings per hectaredecimalmeterrational937.599062.5shrub_percovshrub vegetation cover (%)percent cover of shrub vegetationdecimalmeterrational035sitesitelocation of blowdowntextsite_conditionsite and conditioncombination of site location and blowdown conditiontextspp_richnesstree species richnessspecies richness of overstory treesintmeterinteger18total_above_bmass_mghatotal tree aboveground biomass (Mg per hectare)megagrams per hectare of live and dead tree aboveground biomassdecimalmeterrational0402.24total_above_carbon_mgchatotal tree aboveground carbon mass (Mg C per ha)megagrams of carbon per hectare of live and dead tree aboveground biomassdecimalmeterrational0201.12total_tree_ba_m2hatotal tree basal area (m2 per ha)total tree basal area (square meters per hectare)decimalmeterrational082.64total_tree_density_per_hatotal tress per hanumber of live and dead trees per hectaredecimalmeterrational02694.77total_understory_percovtotal understory vegetation cover (%)percent cover of total understory vegetation (heraceous, moss, shrub)decimalmeterrational089.775visitvisit numbernumber of visit (first or second)intmeterinteger12