public read Overstory Characteristics at Mt. Mansfield Sampling LocationsForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcThe State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF)leadCharacterization of overstory structure at sample sites including density, frequency and basal areaForest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeGlobal Change Fingerprints in Protected Montane Forests of Northeastern USJay W.WasoncontentProviderMartinDovciakprincipalInvestigatorThis is a low impact research project that involves a) vegetation surveys to characterize forest overstory structure (tree id, height and diameter) and understory composition (tree seedlings and herbaceous cover); b) measurements of long term stand microclimate using iButton data loggers and c) extracting tree cores to study how climate affects tree growth and mortality.Overstory Characteristics at Mt. Mansfield Sampling LocationsCharacterization of overstory structure at sample sites including density, frequency and basal areaVMC.340.453mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/global-change-northeastern-montane-forests/dataset/overstory-montane-global-change2013-06-012013-08-30sizeclassSize ClassOverstory tree size classes-mature or saplingtextmountainName of MountainName of mountain where samples were collectedtextsiteElevationElevation of study plotintmeterreal5001100live.deadLive or DeadDesignation of trees as live or deadintspeciesTree SpeciesTree species nametextABBAITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)PIRUITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)BEPAITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)UNKITIS #823, (Radiocystis )BECOITIS #195222, mountain paper birch (Betula cordifolia)SODEITIS #253222, ( )ACPEITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)ACSAITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)BEALITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)FAGRITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)TSCAITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)ACRUITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)PRPEITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)countCountTotal number of that species, size class, live or dead encountered at that siteintmeterintegerfrequencyFrequencyNumber of subplots (out of 15) it appeared in at least oncedecimalmeterreal0100densityDensityDensity as numbers per hectaredecimalmeterrealbasal areaBasal Area Basal area in m^2 per hectaredecimalmeterreal