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Continuous Forest Inventory on the state forests in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont: Overstory Data

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

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    The Vermont State Continuous Forest Inventory is a data collection program that is a comprehensive measure of tree health, growth, and decay within Vermont state lands. It serves as a baseline data set for a variety of tree growth, landscape models, and climate predictive models. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to use this data.

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  • Emily Meacham: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

Organizations

  • Forests, Parks and Recreation Vermont Agency of Natural Resources: partner

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    • dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Overstory Data
    • dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 2015-06-01
    • dataset_eml_datatabledescription: Overstory metrics in plots

    • dataset_eml_datatablepurpose: Baseline data set for a variety of tree growth, landscape models, and climate predictive models.

    • dateset_eml_datatableshortname: Z0344_Overstory

    • dataset_eml_datatablephysicalobjectname: VMC.344.2020

    • dataset_eml_datatabledatatype: mySQL
    • dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Department of Forests,Parks and Recreation, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources

    • dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/continuous-forest-inventory/dataset/vtcfi-overstory

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