Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study: Inventory of Hubbard Brook Valley Plots

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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

Abstract

    Founded in 1963, the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study is one of the longest running and most comprehensive ecosystem studies in the world. The collaborative, multidisciplinary research efforts include long-term studies of air, water, soils, plants, and animals. The study site is the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, a 7,800-acre northern hardwood forest situated in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study is a unique public-private partnership involving the USDA Forest Service, the National Science Foundation’s Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, and scientists from research institutions throughout the country.

Keywords

  • biomass, forest composition, forest inventory, inventory, vegetation,

Organizations

  • Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study : lead
  • Cornell University : partner
  • University Of California, Berkeley : partner

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    Data Table

    • Title: Inventory of Hubbard Brook Valley Plots
    • Start Date: 1995-01-01
    • End Date: 1998-12-31
    • Description: The valley-wide plots are a grid of 431 sites along fifteen N–S transects established at 500-m intervals spanning the entire Hubbard Brook Valley. Multiple above- and below- ground attributes were measured between 1995 and 1998. This dataset includes tree recruitment data; soil data and other measurements are presented in separate datasets.

    • Purpose: Multiple above and below ground attributes were measured between 1995 and 1998 to collect tree inventory data of multiple plots spanning the entire Hubbard Brook valley.

    • Condensed Title:

    • Object Name: VMC.1388.2872

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Battles, J. and T. Fahey. 2019. Tree inventory data for the Hubbard Brook Valley Plots, baseline data collected 1995 - 1998 ver 5. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/935a629e04561b485eae96dfb94a86b4

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/Hubbard_Brook_Ecosystem_Study/dataset/inventory-hubbard-brook-valley-plots

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Species
      • Label: Species Code
      • Description: Species Code in the HB Tree Inventory baseline dataset
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • Species List: tree inventory data hubbard brook valley 1995-1998
        • Code: AB
          • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
        • Code: BA
          • Definition: ITIS #22463, bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
        • Code: BC
          • Definition: ITIS #24764, black cherry (Prunus serotina)
        • Code: BF
          • Definition: ITIS #18032, balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
        • Code: BLA
          • Definition: ITIS #32945, black ash (Fraxinus nigra)
        • Code: BW
          • Definition: ITIS #21536, American basswood (Tilia americana)
        • Code: EH
          • Definition: ITIS #183397, Canada hemlock; hemlock spruce (Tsuga canadensis)
        • Code: GB
          • Definition: ITIS #19497, gray birch (Betula populifolia)
        • Code: JB
          • Definition: ITIS #25108, serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)
        • Code: MA
          • Definition: ITIS #25319, American mountain-ash (Sorbus americana)
        • Code: PB
          • Definition: ITIS #19489, paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
        • Code: PC
          • Definition: ITIS #24799, pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
        • Code: QA
          • Definition: ITIS #195773, quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
        • Code: RM
          • Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
        • Code: RS
          • Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
        • Code: SM
          • Definition: ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
        • Code: STM
          • Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
        • Code: UK
          • Definition: ITIS #823, (Radiocystis )
        • Code: WA
          • Definition: ITIS #32931, white ash (Fraxinus americana)
        • Code: YB
          • Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset