public read Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcCary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Vassar College Vassar Farm and Ecological PreserveTeatown Lake Reservation Ward Pound Ridge Reservation Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station Mianus River Gorge Mohonk Preserve partnerData collected on saplings in paired exclosed and unexclosed plots at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation.Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeLynnChristensonprincipalInvestigatorVickyKellyprincipalInvestigatorJamieDeppencontentProviderKeriVanCampprincipalInvestigatorLindsayCharlopcontentProviderHillarySienerprincipalInvestigatorDanAitchisonprincipalInvestigatorMeganNapoliprincipalInvestigatorChrisNagyprincipalInvestigatorErinSandersoncontentProviderElizabethLongprincipalInvestigatorMichaelViviritocontentProviderCatherineFerrericontentProviderAnneRhoadscontentProviderAmyKarpatiprincipalInvestigatorThe Environmental Monitoring and Management Alliance (EMMA) is examining the effects of deer overabundance on forest regeneration at seven upland oak forest sites centered in the Hudson Valley. These data, coupled with deer management programs, will allow us to both assess the impact deer are having on the survival of native species and evaluate the effectiveness of various deer management strategies across the region.Deer Exclosure Monitoring Sapling Data for Ward Pound RidgeData collected on saplings in paired exclosed and unexclosed plots at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation.VMC.347.2117mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/deer-exclosure-monitoring/dataset/deer-exclosure-monitoring-sapling-data-for-12013-01-01PlotPlot IDThe identification code for a plot.textTreatmentTreatment TypeWhether the sapling is in an exclosed or unexclosed plottextTreatment_NumberTreatment NumberNumeric code for unexclosed/exclosedint1unfenced exclosure2fenced exclosureSapling_ID_NumberSapling ID NumberSapling Identification Number. -999 indicates no saplings in the plot in question.intSpeciesSpeciesThe species of saplingintACSAITIS #28757, silver maple (Acer saccharinum)BELEITIS #19487, sweet birch (Betula lenta)QUALITIS #19290, white oak (Quercus alba)ACRUITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)QUSPNone #, Custom Species Code ( )HASPNone #, Custom Species Code ( )ITIS_CodeIntegrated Taxonomic Information System codeThe Integrated Taxonomic Information System code for the species of a saplingintXCOGrid X coordinateDistance of the sapling from the origin (a selected corner of the plot) along x axisdecimalmeterrational010YCOGrid Y CoordinateDistance of the sapling from the origin (a selected corner of the plot) along y axisdecimalmeterrational010Study_YearStudy year numberthe number of years after the beginning of the study that the sapling was checkedintmeterwholeHeightSapling heightHeight to tallest buddecimalmeterrational50200BrowseDeer browse presence/absenceWhether or not deer browse was present on the sapling in questiontextNotesNotesNotestextMeasurement_DateMeasurement DateThe date that the measurements were takendatetimeMM/DD/YYYYMissing Value CodesMissing Value CodesThese codes will appear in the data for missing values instead of a blank cell.int-999There is no extant data; null. -555There should be data but it is missing.