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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 the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.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 the Cary Institute of Ecosystem StudiesData collected on saplings in paired exclosed and unexclosed plots at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.VMC.347.2118mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/deer-exclosure-monitoring/dataset/deer-exclosure-monitoring-sapling-data-for-21992-01-01PlotPlot IDThe identification code for a plot.intTreatmentTreatment TypeWhether the sapling is in an exclosed or unexclosed plottextTreatment_NumberTreatment NumberNumeric code for unexclosed/exclosedintSapling_ID_NumberSapling ID NumberSapling Identification Number. -999 indicates no saplings in the plot.intSpeciesSpeciesThe species of saplingintQURUITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)ACRUITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)QUPRITIS #195058, chestnut oak ( Quercus prinus)OSVIITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)CATOITIS #19247, mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa)BELEITIS #19487, sweet birch (Betula lenta)PRSEITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)QUVEITIS #19447, black oak (Quercus velutina)ACPEITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)PISTITIS #183385, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)CAGLITIS #19231, pignut hickory; sweet pignut (Carya glabra)FRAMITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)ACSAITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)ACPLITIS #28755, Norway maple (Acer platanoides)CACAITIS #19504, American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)HAVIITIS #19033, witch-hazel; witchhazel; American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana)AMCAITIS #25112, Canadian serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)CADEITIS #19454, American chestnut (Castanea dentata)SAALITIS #18158, sassafras (Sassafras albidum)ROPSITIS #504804, black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)CASPNone #, Custom Species Code ( )AMSPNone #, Custom Species Code ( )ITIS_CodeIntegrated Taxonomic Information System codeThe Integrated Taxonomic Information System code for the species of a sapling intXCOGrid X coordinateDistance of the sapling from the origin (a selected corner of the plot) along x axisintmeterwhole010YCOGrid Y CoordinateDistance of the sapling from the origin (a selected corner of the plot) along y axisintmeterwhole010Study_YearStudy year numberthe number of years after the beginning of the study that the sapling was checkedintmeterwholeHeightSapling heightHeight to tallest buddecimalmeterrational20500BrowseDeer browse presence/absenceWhether or not deer browse was present on the saplingtextNotesNotesNotestextMeasurement_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.