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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcVermont Nature Conservancy partnerTree diameter analysis and annual percent changes between 1998-2002 on Shaw Mountain, VT. Elevation 190-215m.Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeJamesGravesprincipalInvestigatorThis study tracks forest response to an ice storm. The forest inventory plots, established in 1998 are located at the Nature Conservancy's Shaw Mountain Natural Area in Benson, VT. Used to study the impacts of this disturbance on forest structure and composition. Response variables include abiotic conditions, soil, downed woody material, canopy cover and light penetration, canopy composition, tree recruitment, tree vitality analysis, seedling density by species and height, tree diameter analysis, basal area of trees, and herbaceous layer after an ice storm. Four 20x20m plots were located at 190-215 m elevation, two in heavily ice-damaged forest and two in lightly damaged forest (controls).Tree Diameter AnalysisTree diameter analysis and annual percent changes between 1998-2002 on Shaw Mountain, VT. Elevation 190-215m.VMC.1341.2735mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/shaw_mountain_ice_storm_study/dataset/tree-diameter-analysis-1998-2002-11998-07-142002-07-1519981998Average diameter at breast height (cm).decimalmeternatural19991999Average diameter at breast height (cm).decimalmeternatural20002000Average diameter at breast height (cm).decimalmeternatural20012001Average diameter at breast height (cm).decimalmeternatural20022002Average diameter at breast height (cm).decimalmeternatural1998-19991998-1999Percent diameter change between 1998 and 1999.decimalmeternatural1999-20001999-2000Percent diameter change between 1999 and 2000.decimalmeternatural2000-20012000-2001Percent diameter change between 2000 and 2001.decimalmeternatural2001-20022001-2002Percent diameter change between 2001 and 2002.decimalmeternaturaln1998Number in 1998Number of samples from 1998.intmeternaturalPlotPlotPlot: 1 and 2 with heavy ice damage, 3 and 4 as controls with less ice damage. textSpeciesSpeciesACSA; Acer saccharum, BELE; Betula lenta, BEPA; Betula papyrifera, CACA; Carpinus caroliniana, CACO; Carya cordiformis, CAOV; Carya ovata, FRAM; Fraxinus americana, OSVI; Ostrya virginiana.text