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   <dataset><title>Shingle Station Ground Cover</title><creator><organizationName>Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative</organizationName><address><deliveryPoint>705 Spear Street</deliveryPoint><city>South Burlington</city><administrativeArea>Vermont</administrativeArea><postalCode>05403</postalCode><country>United States of America</country></address><phone>(802) 656-0683</phone><electronicMailAddress>femc@uvm.edu</electronicMailAddress><onlineUrl>www.uvm.edu/femc</onlineUrl></creator><associatedParty><organizationName>University of Maine Holt Research Forest</organizationName><role>lead</role></associatedParty><abstract><para>A 1994 inventory of ground cover components around artificial cover object salamander survey stations.</para></abstract><keywordSet><keyword/></keywordSet><contact><organizationName>Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative</organizationName></contact><project><title>Holt Research Forest Salamander Stations Timber Inventory</title><personnel><individualName><givenName>Clarke</givenName><surName>Cooper</surName></individualName><role>contentProvider</role></personnel><personnel><individualName><givenName>Jack</givenName><surName>Witham</surName></individualName><role>principalInvestigator</role></personnel><personnel><individualName><givenName>Kelly</givenName><surName>French</surName></individualName><role>contentProvider</role></personnel><personnel><individualName><givenName>Paulina</givenName><surName>Murray</surName></individualName><role>contentProvider</role></personnel><abstract><para/><para>Holt Research Forest
An inventory of timber, vegetation and ground cover in a 200m2 plot centered on the salamander  survey stations.

The quad* files contain 1994 ground cover and tree inventories for the 
1983-95 random plot salamander search stations -- randomly placed 1m2 plots in blocks 3E-8I.

The shingle* files contain 1994 ground cover and tree inventories for the 
1987-present artificial cover object salamander checks -- stations N5-N580 
and S5-S595 (S1 transects), and A-W (Monti transect).

In "Documents/Images" we include a pdf of the Holt Research Forest manual
chapter describing tree and vegetation inventory methods for the Small
Mammal Trapping stations.  This Salamander Station Timber Inventory was done the same way.</para></abstract><studyAreaDescription/></project><dataTable><entityName>Shingle Station Ground Cover</entityName><entityDescription>A 1994 inventory of ground cover components around artificial cover object salamander survey stations.</entityDescription><physical><objectName>VMC.1319.2614</objectName><dataFormat><externallyDefinedFormat><formatName>mySQL</formatName></externallyDefinedFormat></dataFormat><distribution><online><url>https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/saltiminv/dataset/shingle-station-ground-cover</url></online></distribution></physical><coverage scope="document"><temporalCoverage scope="document"><rangeOfDates><beginDate><calendarDate>1994-01-01</calendarDate></beginDate></rangeOfDates></temporalCoverage></coverage><attributeList><attribute><attributeName>COMPONENT</attributeName><attributeLabel>COMPONENT</attributeLabel><attributeDefinition>No description for this attribute</attributeDefinition><storageType>text</storageType><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><enumeratedDomain><codeDefinition><code>300</code><definition>'coniferous dry litter'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>200</code><definition>'deciduous dry litter'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>100</code><definition>'mixed dry litter'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>11</code><definition>'slash'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>10</code><definition>'path'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>9</code><definition>'water'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>8</code><definition>'bare rock'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>7</code><definition>'soil'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>6</code><definition>'lichens'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>5</code><definition>'moss'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>4</code><definition>'tree root'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>3</code><definition>'tree bole'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>2</code><definition>'log'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>1</code><definition>'wet litter'</definition></codeDefinition><codeDefinition><code>0</code><definition>'dry litter'</definition></codeDefinition></enumeratedDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>PERCENT</attributeName><attributeLabel>PERCENT</attributeLabel><attributeDefinition>No description for this attribute</attributeDefinition><storageType>int</storageType><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>no data</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>STATION</attributeName><attributeLabel>STATION</attributeLabel><attributeDefinition>No description for this attribute</attributeDefinition><storageType>text</storageType><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain/></nominal></measurementScale></attribute></attributeList></dataTable></dataset></eml:eml>
