Details and Metadata
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Methods
The methods followed in the creation of the dataset, including description of field, laboratory and processing steps, and quality control procedures
Current Methods
Injury rating
All trees greater than 3.0 cm diameter at breast height were identified and assigned an injury class value based on a visual inspection of the branches.
Dataset Fields
Detailed documentation of the fields comprising the dataset, including the type of measurement, units where applicable, and any controlled vocabularies or code lists present in the data
Field Name Caption Description Additional Information damage_class Damage class Injury class value based on a visual inspection of the branches
Measurement type: Ordinal
Tree injury codes
+ showAppears in data as Meaning of code 1 No visible damage 2 1% to 49% 3 50% to 75% 4 >75% 5 Dead dbh Diameter Diameter at breast height
Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 0.1notes notes Measurement type: Nominal plot plot Measurement type: species Species Tree species
Measurement type: Nominal
Tree Species
+ showAppears in data as Meaning abba balsam fir (Abies balsamea) - acru red maple (Acer rubrum) - beal yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) - piru eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) - fagr American beech (Fagus grandifolia) - acpe striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) - bepa paper birch (Betula papyrifera) - tsca Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis) - tree_id tree_id Measurement type: Sampling Equipment
Equipment and software used to collect data, including how that equipment was used.
No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset
Site Characteristics
The spatial extent of the dataset site coverage, and descriptions of the spatial extent and context for the data collection
No site characteristics recorded for this dataset