Determining the Current State of Knowledge of Fall Foliage Color Development: Fall Foliage
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► dataset_eml_metadataproviderheader
- 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
► dataset_eml_abstractheader
Identify physiological factors associated with the onset and development of fall coloration in sugar maple.
► dataset_eml_peopleheader
- John Donnelly: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
- Abby van den Berg: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator
► Organizations
- University of Vermont Proctor Maple Research Center: lead
- University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources: partner
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- dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Fall Foliage
- dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 2008-01-01
- dataset_eml_datatableendate: 2008-03-31
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- dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Abby van den Berg. Fall Foliage. FEMC. https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/determining-current-state-knowledge-fall-foliage/dataset/fall-foliage
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► dataset_eml_methodsheader
- dataset_eml_currentMethodsHeader
- Sample collection
- dataset_eml_methoddescription: Each tree was between 50 and 90 feet tall. Three leaves were collected from a single branch selected from each cardinal direction in the lower crown of the tree. Branch samples were obtained using a shotgon loaded with steel shot.
- Moisture analysis
- dataset_eml_methoddescription: One leaf was retained for moisture analysis. Tissue was removed with a hole-punch from the remaining two leaves of the sample to be used for carbohydrate analysis. The remaining tissue from these two leaves was used for all subsquent chemical and color analysis.
- dataset_eml_methodsPast (dataset_eml_notInUse)
- Foliage samples
- dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1998-08-01
dataset_eml_methodsEndDate: 1998-12-31 - dataset_eml_methoddescription: Five mature sugar maple trees are sampled weekly from within the forest (these are the same trees used in the tree phenology monitoring project conducted by Vermont Forestry Division) and five trees on forest edge. Weekly foliage samples are analyzed for foliar moisture, nitrogen, nutrients, and carbohydrate content.
- dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1998-08-01
► dataset_eml_samplingheader
- dataset_eml_samplingCurrentEqupment
- Shotgun
- dataset_eml_samplingdescription: Shotgun loaded with steel shot to obtain branch samples.
► dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsheader
- dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsdescription: Mature sugar maple stand at the Proctor Maple Research Center.