public read Needle PhysiologyForest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcMeasurements of mass, area, length and physiological characteristicsForest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeThe Ecological Significance of Sun/Shade Plasticity in Balsam Fir, Red Spruce, and Paper Birch along Elevational Gradients in the Northeastern United StatesAndrewRichardsonprincipalInvestigatorTo better understand the relationship between plants and their abiotic environment, by using the response of three different tree species growing at different elevations, to light.Needle PhysiologyMeasurements of mass, area, length and physiological characteristicsVMC.128.173mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/the-ecological-significance-sunshade-plasticity-balsam/dataset/needle-physiology2000-06-012002-09-30ObservationObservationObservation ID NumberintSpeciesSpeciesSpecies (spruce or fir)textelevElevationElevation level (low, mid and high)textCrownpositionCrown PositionCrown position (sun or shade)textTreeTree IDTree ID textTransectTransectTransect IDintMountainMountainName of mountain where study site is locatedtextSampleCodeSample CodeCode unique to sampletextNeedlemassNeedle MassMass of needledecimalmeterrealNeedleareaNeedle AreaArea of needledecimalmeterrealNeedlelengthNeedle LengthLength of needledecimalmeterrealFv_mChlorophyll FluorescenceChlorophyll fluorescencedecimalmeterrealPRIPhotochemical Reflectance IndexPhotochemical reflectance index; a measure of photosynthetic radiation use efficiencydecimalRed_edgeRed Edge PositionChlorophyll measuredecimalChINDIChI NDIChlorophyll-based difference indexdecimalAsatAsatunknowndecimalmeterrealCommentsCommentsCommentstext