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Tree species growing at their elevational limits: bioindicator of climate or atmospheric change: Tree species growing at their elevational limits: 1993

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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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    Tree cores were collected along with an inventory of regeneration for tree species at and near their elevational limits on five mountains in Vermont.

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  • Jeffrey Hughes: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

  • Walter Poleman: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

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  • basal area, elevation, plant species composition, tree growth,

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    • -72.84136667, 44.50558333
    • -72.81993333, 44.50558333
    • -72.81993333, 44.51508333
    • -72.84136667, 44.51508333
    • -72.84136667, 44.50558333

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  • dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Tree species growing at their elevational limits: 1993
  • dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 1993-06-28
  • dataset_eml_datatableendate: 1993-07-22
  • dataset_eml_datatabledescription: Measurements of tree age, DBH, growth, basal area, and circumference on several VT mountains

  • dataset_eml_datatablepurpose: To compare growth rates and regeneration of tree species at and near their elevational limits as an evaluative tool to understanding community changes that are mediated by climate-atmospheric change.

  • dateset_eml_datatableshortname: Z0007_SMBAIDATA_1993

  • dataset_eml_datatablephysicalobjectname: VMC.7.272

  • dataset_eml_datatabledatatype: mySQL
  • dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Jeffrey Hughes. 1993. Tree species growing at their elevational limits: 1993. University of Vermont. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/tree-species-growing-their-elevational-limits/dataset/tree-species-growing-their-elevational-limits-1

  • dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/tree-species-growing-their-elevational-limits/dataset/tree-species-growing-their-elevational-limits-1

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  • dataset_eml_currentMethodsHeader
    • Mean annual basal increment changes
      • dataset_eml_methoddescription: Raw data collected (1993) by Jeffrey Hughes to study changes in mean annual basal area increment (BAI) of canopy sugar maple trees growing at and below the species' elevation limit on Five Vermont mountainsides, in 5 year intervals, from 1963 to 1992.


  • dataset_eml_methodsPast (dataset_eml_notInUse)
    • Sampling for differences in distribution
      • dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1992-06-01
        dataset_eml_methodsEndDate: 1997-01-14
      • dataset_eml_methoddescription: Evaluation of sugar maple, yellow birch, paper birch and mountain birch on several Vermont mountains to measure differences in distriubtion as it relates to elevation-related climate.

    • Evaluation
      • dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1992-06-01
        dataset_eml_methodsEndDate: 1997-01-14
      • dataset_eml_methoddescription: Overstory and understory individuals evaluated.

    • Composition of data
      • dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1992-06-01
        dataset_eml_methodsEndDate: 1997-01-14
      • dataset_eml_methoddescription: Data includes species, density, relative density, basal area, relative basal area, and radial growth.

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  • Increment core, dbh tape
    • dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1992-06-01
      dataset_eml_methodsEndDate: 1997-01-14
    • dataset_eml_samplingdescription: Increment core, dbh tape

dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsheader

  • dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsdescription: West slope of Mount Mansfield in the Stevensville Brook watershed.



  • dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsdescription: Five elevations off the Butler Lodge trail: 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 m



  • dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsdescription: 3-5 10 X 30 m sampling plots/elevation for trees and saplings.



  • dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsdescription: 30 - 1 X 1 m sampling plots/elevation for germinants and seedlings.