Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaUniversity of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural ResourcesleadUniversity of Vermont Gund Institute for Ecological EconomicspartnerWind Disturbance in Temperate ForestsThis is a field-based study of intermediate wind disturbance (i.e., blowdown) effects on forest structure, composition, and carbon dynamics. Under Professor William Keeton's supervision, field crews collected data at four sites at multiple points in time. One of the primary outcomes is a journal article in Ecological Applications.Wind Disturbance in Temperate ForestsKeetonWilliamMeigsGarrettstand structureforest dynamicscommunity compositionwindforest disturbancecarbonPlot data2007-08-222015-08-13Plot-level data on forest structure, composition, and carbon pools (live and dead vegetation).Z1219_2445_8WPWHSVMC.1219.2445mySQLMeigs, Garrett; Keeton, William (2018): Data for "Intermediate-severity wind disturbance in mature temperate forests: Legacy structure, carbon storage, and stand dynamics" (Ecological Applications article). Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.18125/D2C082https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/cdlwinddisturbance/dataset/plotbig_trees_perha_totalbig trees per ha, totalnumber of trees per hectare greater than or equal to 50 cm dbhdecimal0.01rational0110.57canopyclosure_perccanopy closure (%)percent canopy closure of live treesint1rational0100conditioncondition - either blowown or referenceblowdown or reference conditiontextdead_above_bmass_mghadead tree aboveground biomass (Mg per ha)megagrams per hectare of dead tree aboveground biomass based on a volumetric component ratio methoddecimal0.01rational098.06dead_above_carbon_mgchadead tree aboveground carbon mass (Mg C per ha)megagrams of carbon per hectare of dead tree aboveground biomass based on a volumetric component ratio methoddecimal0.01rational049.03dead_tree_ba_m2hadead tree basal area (m2 per ha)dead tree basal area (square meters per hectare)decimal0.01rational018.37dead_tree_density_per_hadead trees per hanumber of dead trees per hectaredecimal0.01rational0693.79herb_percovherbaceous vegetation cover (%)percent cover of herbaceous vegetationdecimal0.001rational078.275h_sizestructural complexity index based on tree size (H')structural complexity index based on overstory tree size (dbh)decimal0.001rational02.101h_sppstructural complexity index based on tree species (H')structural complexity index based on overstory tree species compositiondecimal0.001rational01.855live_above_bmass_mghalive tree aboveground biomass (Mg per ha)megagrams per hectare of dead tree aboveground biomass based on allometric equationsdecimal0.01rational0375.62live_above_carbon_mgchalive tree aboveground carbon mass (Mg C per ha)megagrams of carbon per hectare of live tree aboveground biomassdecimal0.01rational0187.81live_tree_ba_m2halive tree basal area (m2 per ha)live tree basal area (square meters per hectare)decimal0.01rational075.76live_tree_density_per_halive trees per hanumber of live trees per hectaredecimal0.01rational02694.77moss_percovmoss vegetation cover (%)percent cover of moss vegetationdecimal0.01rational047.5number_size_classesnumber of tree size classesnumber of tree size classes for structural complexity estimatesint1integer313plot_idplot idplot id for data analysisintplot_numplot numberplot number within a given standintqmdquadratic mean diameterquadratic mean tree diameter (cm)decimal0.01rational050.72rel_densrelative tree densityrelative tree densitydecimal0.01rational0141.6saplings_per_hasapling density (per ha)number of tree saplings per hectareint1rational1507750seedlings_per_haseedling density (per ha)number of tree seedlings per hectaredecimal0.1rational937.599062.5shrub_percovshrub vegetation cover (%)percent cover of shrub vegetationdecimal0.01rational035sitesitelocation of blowdowntextsite_conditionsite and conditioncombination of site location and blowdown conditiontextspp_richnesstree species richnessspecies richness of overstory treesint1integer18total_above_bmass_mghatotal tree aboveground biomass (Mg per hectare)megagrams per hectare of live and dead tree aboveground biomassdecimal0.01rational0402.24total_above_carbon_mgchatotal tree aboveground carbon mass (Mg C per ha)megagrams of carbon per hectare of live and dead tree aboveground biomassdecimal0.01rational0201.12total_tree_ba_m2hatotal tree basal area (m2 per ha)total tree basal area (square meters per hectare)decimal0.01rational082.64total_tree_density_per_hatotal tress per hanumber of live and dead trees per hectaredecimal0.01rational02694.77total_understory_percovtotal understory vegetation cover (%)percent cover of total understory vegetation (heraceous, moss, shrub)decimal0.001rational089.775visitvisit numbernumber of visit (first or second)int1integer12