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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 Vassar Farm and Ecological PreserveForest 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 VassarData collected on saplings in paired exclosed and unexclosed plots at the Vassar Farm and Ecological PreserveVMC.347.2038mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/deer-exclosure-monitoring/dataset/vassar-sapling-data2013-06-13PlotPlot IDThe identification code for a plot. Some sites number their plots, some use letter codes, some use colors. textTreatment Treatment typeWhether the sapling is in an exclosed or unexclosed plotintUNFUnfenced plot (Unexclosed)FENFenced plot (Exclosed)Treatment_NumberTreatment NumberNumeric code for unexclosed/exclosedint1Unfenced plot (unexclosed)2Fenced plot (exclosed)Sapling_ID_NumberSapling ID NumberSapling Identification Number. -999 indicates no saplings in the plot.intSpeciesSpeciesThe species of saplingintQURUITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)OSVIITIS #19511, eastern hophornbeam; hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)LIBEITIS #18147, spicebush; northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin)FRAMITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)CACAITIS #184201, American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)MASPITIS #25254, apple (Malus sp.)VILEITIS #35266, nannyberry; nanny-berry (Viburnum lentago)RHCAITIS #28573, Carolina buckthorn; European buckthorn; European waythorn; Hart's thorn; nerprun cathartique; common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)VIPRITIS #35253, blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium)ITIS_CodeIntegrated Taxonomic Information System codeThe Integrated Taxonomic Information System code for the species of a sapling intXCOGrid X coordinateDistance from origin along x axisdecimalmeterrational010YCOGrid Y CoordinateDistance from origin along y axisdecimalmeterrational010Study_YearStudy year numberthe number of years after the beginning of the study that the sapling was checkeddatetimemeterwholeBrowseDeer browse presence/absenceWhether or not deer browse was present on the sapling in questiontextHeightSapling HeightHeight to tallest buddecimalmeterreal0.52NotesNotesNotestextMeasurement_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.