public read Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Green Mountain National ForestleadForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) partnerThis dataset contains the LEMP database created by the FEMC. This database contains data on coarse woody debris, descriptive plot and subplot information, specific visit information for plot vegetation sampling, vegetation data for each quadrat, saplings, seedlings, and trees. Plots are located throughout the Green Mountain National Forest of Vermont and the Finger Lakes region of New York.Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeDianeBurbankcontentProviderNancyBurtcontentProviderAngelicaQuintanacontentProviderMary BethPolicontentProviderSuzanneGiffordprincipalInvestigatorJohnMcCanncontentProviderThis project is a 50-year monitoring effort to examine the long-term effects of broad-scale environmental changes--particularly changes in climate, air quality, soil health, and vegetation, in the Green Mountain National Forests.Long-Term Ecosystem Monitoring Project DatabaseThis dataset contains the LEMP database created by the FEMC. This database contains data on coarse woody debris, descriptive plot and subplot information, specific visit information for plot vegetation sampling, vegetation data for each quadrat, saplings, seedlings, and trees. Plots are located throughout the Green Mountain National Forest of Vermont and the Finger Lakes region of New York.VMC.338.2451mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-ecosystem-monitoring-program-gmfl/dataset/long-term-ecosystem-monitoring-project-database2008-01-012058-12-31tblCoarseWoodyDebrisCoarse Woody DebrisCoarse woody debris was measured at each subplot along a 24' transect that is ran at 30 degrees from subplot center. The fields that make up this table are PlotID, SubplotID, Year, TransectAutoID, Transect Diameter, LargeEndDiameter, SmallEndDiamter, Species, DecayClass, and Length.inttblPlotInfoPlot InformationThis table provides descriptive plot information that aids in relocating plots. The fields that make up this table are PlotID, PlotName, Latitude, Longitude, CoordinateSystem, ForestType, Elevation, Slope, Soils, Directions, and Comments.texttblPlotVegVisitPlot Vegetation Visit InfoThis table contains visit information related to vegetation surveys done per plot. The fields that make up this field are PlotID, Year, VisitDate, VegSampleKind, VegCrewName, PlotVisitNotes.texttblQuadratVegDataQuadrat Vegetation DataThis table contains vegetation data collected on three 1 m^2 quadrats at each subplot. Quadrats were set up 15' from subplot center at 30, 150, and 270 degrees. Species presence/absence and canopy cover at three layer heights was sampled. For cover layer fields, 999 indicates trace amounts (<1%)inttblSaplingSaplingThis table contains all measurements taken for saplings found within the microplot of each subplot. Microplots were located 12' at 90 degrees from the subplot center with a 6.8' radius. Health and physical measurements were recorded.decimaltblSeedlingSeedlingThis table contains seedlings counts per species at each subplot of each plot.intmeterwhole0999tblSubplotInfoSubplot InformationThis table contains location information for each subplot at each plot. This table contains fields PlotId, SubplotID, fldLatitude, and fldLongitude.texttblSubplotTreeVisitSubplot Tree Visit InformationThis table contains visit information about any subplot visits where tree sampling was conducted.texttblSubplotVegDataSubplot vegetationThis table contains all vegetation and ground cover data per subplot.texttblSubplotVegVisitSubplot Vegetation SamplingThis table contains all visit information for each subplot related to vegetation sampling.texttblTreeTreeThis table contains all tree data sampled at each subplot. All trees with a DBH greater than 5" and fell within the 24' radius of the subplot were sampled.decimaltblTreeInfoTree InformationThis table contains all tree location data sampled at each subplot. This information helps to relocate the trees in reference to the subplot center. Azimuths were taken using true north.int