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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)leadCharacteristics of sample sites including elevation, slope, aspect, canopy cover and soil depth, collected from 4 of the 15 subplots (numbers 1, 5, 10 and 15).Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeJay 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.Characteristics of Mt. Mansfield Sampling LocationsCharacteristics of sample sites including elevation, slope, aspect, canopy cover and soil depth, collected from 4 of the 15 subplots (numbers 1, 5, 10 and 15).VMC.340.450mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/global-change-northeastern-montane-forests/dataset/site-characteristics-montane-global-change2013-06-012013-08-30mountainName of mountainName of mountain where sample plots are locatedtextsiteElevationElevation of plot siteintmeterreal01500slope(d)SlopeSteepness of topography, averaged from 4 readingsdecimalmeterreal0360aspect(d.from.South)AspectAspect is the compass direction that a slope faces. In this case it was taken from the south and is an average of 4 measures.decimalmeterreal0360canopy.opennessCanopy opennessPercent canopy openness as an average of 4 densiometer readingsdecimalmeterreal0100soildepth(cm)Soil depthAverage of 4 measures of soil depthdecimalmeterreal