Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaThe Ecological Significance of Sun/Shade Plasticity in Balsam Fir, Red Spruce, and Paper Birch along Elevational Gradients in the Northeastern United StatesTo 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.The Ecological Significance of Sun/Shade Plasticity in Balsam Fir, Red Spruce, and Paper Birch along Elevational Gradients in the Northeastern United StatesRichardsonAndrewelevationlightred sprucebalsam firwhite birchMoosilauke Data: Lodge 2001-20032001-08-112003-07-10Measurements of meteorology (wind, temperature), light (PAR) and other variables with tree data at a specific locationTo 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.Z0128_MoosiDataLodge01_03VMC.128.169mySQLAndrew Richardson. 2003. Moosilauke Data: Lodge 2001-2003. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/the-ecological-significance-sunshade-plasticity-balsam/dataset/moosilauke-data-lodge-2001-2003/overviewhttps://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/the-ecological-significance-sunshade-plasticity-balsam/dataset/moosilauke-data-lodge-2001-2003IDNUMID NumberRecord Identification NumberintYearNumYearYear of observationdatetimeYYYYBlankBlankunknowntextDOYDay of yearDay of year observation was recordeddatetimeotherTime_1Time of collectionTime of collectiondatetimeotherBattVUnknownunknownintInt_TempTemperature ReadingTemperatureintcelsius0.0001realTC_RefTemperature ReferenceTemperature referenceintcelsius0.0001realTC_1Temperature ReadingTemperatureintcelsius0.0001realSub_canopySub Canopy TemperatureTemperature below the canopyintcelsius0.0001realSoil_1Soil Temperature 1Soil temperature reading 1intcelsius0.00001realSoil_2Soil Temperature 2 Soil temperature reading 2intcelsius0.00001realCS50_1Capacitive sensor Capacitive sensor reading for relative humidityintpercent0.0001real0100TempDeltaChange in temperatureChange in temperatureintdimensionless0.01realRHRelative humidityRelative humidity intpercent0.1real0100PAR_AvgPhotosynthetically active radiation Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) average fluxintwattsPerMeterSquared0.00001realPAR_MaxPhotosynthetically active radiation Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) maximum fluxintwattsPerMeterSquared1integerPar2_AvgPhotosynthetically active radiation Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) average fluxintwattsPerMeterSquared0.00001realPar2_MaxPhotosynthetically active radiation Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) maximum fluxintwattsPerMeterSquared0.00001realK_AvgPotassium AveragePotassium averageintunknown0.00001realK_MaxMaximum PotassiumMaximum potassiumintunknown0.00001realMaxWindSpdMaximum wind speedMaximum speed of windintmetersPerSecond0.001realAvgwindspd_m_sAverage wind speedAverage speed of windintmetersPerSecond0.00001realAvgWindVectorSpd_m_sWind Vector SpeedAverage wind vector speedintunknown0.00001realWind_DirWind DirectionDirection of Windintdegree0.0001realSD_Wind_DirWind DirectionDirection of Windintdimensionless0.0001real