Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Wind Disturbance in Temperate Forests: Plot data

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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

    This is a field-based study of intermediate wind disturbance (i.e., blowdown) effects on forest structure, composition, and carbon dynamics. Under Professor William Keeton's supervision, field crews collected data at four sites at multiple points in time. One of the primary outcomes is a journal article in Ecological Applications.

People

  • William Keeton: Principal Investigator

  • Garrett Meigs: Content Provider

Organizations

  • University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources: lead
  • University of Vermont Gund Institute for Ecological Economics: partner

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    Data Table

    • Title: Plot data
    • Start Date: 2007-08-22
    • End Date: 2015-08-13
    • Description: Plot-level data on forest structure, composition, and carbon pools (live and dead vegetation).

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: Z1219_2445_8WPWHS

    • Object Name: VMC.1219.2445

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Meigs, Garrett; Keeton, William (2018): Data for "Intermediate-severity wind disturbance in mature temperate forests: Legacy structure, carbon storage, and stand dynamics" (Ecological Applications article). Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.18125/D2C082

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/cdlwinddisturbance/dataset/plot

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: big_trees_perha_total
      • Label: big trees per ha, total
      • Description: number of trees per hectare greater than or equal to 50 cm dbh
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: trees per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 110.57
      Attribute Name: canopyclosure_perc
      • Label: canopy closure (%)
      • Description: percent canopy closure of live trees
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 1
      • Unit: percent
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 100
      Attribute Name: condition
      • Label: condition - either blowown or reference
      • Description: blowdown or reference condition
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: dead_above_bmass_mgha
      • Label: dead tree aboveground biomass (Mg per ha)
      • Description: megagrams per hectare of dead tree aboveground biomass based on a volumetric component ratio method
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: megagrams per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 98.06
      Attribute Name: dead_above_carbon_mgcha
      • Label: dead tree aboveground carbon mass (Mg C per ha)
      • Description: megagrams of carbon per hectare of dead tree aboveground biomass based on a volumetric component ratio method
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: megagrams of carbon per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 49.03
      Attribute Name: dead_tree_ba_m2ha
      • Label: dead tree basal area (m2 per ha)
      • Description: dead tree basal area (square meters per hectare)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: square meters per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 18.37
      Attribute Name: dead_tree_density_per_ha
      • Label: dead trees per ha
      • Description: number of dead trees per hectare
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: trees per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 693.79
      Attribute Name: herb_percov
      • Label: herbaceous vegetation cover (%)
      • Description: percent cover of herbaceous vegetation
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: percent
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 78.275
      Attribute Name: h_size
      • Label: structural complexity index based on tree size (H')
      • Description: structural complexity index based on overstory tree size (dbh)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: H'
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 2.101
      Attribute Name: h_spp
      • Label: structural complexity index based on tree species (H')
      • Description: structural complexity index based on overstory tree species composition
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: H'
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 1.855
      Attribute Name: live_above_bmass_mgha
      • Label: live tree aboveground biomass (Mg per ha)
      • Description: megagrams per hectare of dead tree aboveground biomass based on allometric equations
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: megagrams per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 375.62
      Attribute Name: live_above_carbon_mgcha
      • Label: live tree aboveground carbon mass (Mg C per ha)
      • Description: megagrams of carbon per hectare of live tree aboveground biomass
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: megagrams of carbon per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 187.81
      Attribute Name: live_tree_ba_m2ha
      • Label: live tree basal area (m2 per ha)
      • Description: live tree basal area (square meters per hectare)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: square meters per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 75.76
      Attribute Name: live_tree_density_per_ha
      • Label: live trees per ha
      • Description: number of live trees per hectare
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: trees per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 2694.77
      Attribute Name: moss_percov
      • Label: moss vegetation cover (%)
      • Description: percent cover of moss vegetation
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: percent
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 47.5
      Attribute Name: number_size_classes
      • Label: number of tree size classes
      • Description: number of tree size classes for structural complexity estimates
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 1
      • Number Type: integer
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 3
        • Maximum: 13
      Attribute Name: plot_id
      • Label: plot id
      • Description: plot id for data analysis
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: plot_num
      • Label: plot number
      • Description: plot number within a given stand
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: qmd
      • Label: quadratic mean diameter
      • Description: quadratic mean tree diameter (cm)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: cm
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 50.72
      Attribute Name: rel_dens
      • Label: relative tree density
      • Description: relative tree density
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: index
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 141.6
      Attribute Name: saplings_per_ha
      • Label: sapling density (per ha)
      • Description: number of tree saplings per hectare
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 1
      • Unit: trees per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 150
        • Maximum: 7750
      Attribute Name: seedlings_per_ha
      • Label: seedling density (per ha)
      • Description: number of tree seedlings per hectare
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.1
      • Unit: trees per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 937.5
        • Maximum: 99062.5
      Attribute Name: shrub_percov
      • Label: shrub vegetation cover (%)
      • Description: percent cover of shrub vegetation
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: percent
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 35
      Attribute Name: site
      • Label: site
      • Description: location of blowdown
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: site_condition
      • Label: site and condition
      • Description: combination of site location and blowdown condition
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: spp_richness
      • Label: tree species richness
      • Description: species richness of overstory trees
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 1
      • Unit: number of species
      • Number Type: integer
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 1
        • Maximum: 8
      Attribute Name: total_above_bmass_mgha
      • Label: total tree aboveground biomass (Mg per hectare)
      • Description: megagrams per hectare of live and dead tree aboveground biomass
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: megagrams per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 402.24
      Attribute Name: total_above_carbon_mgcha
      • Label: total tree aboveground carbon mass (Mg C per ha)
      • Description: megagrams of carbon per hectare of live and dead tree aboveground biomass
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: megagrams of carbon per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 201.12
      Attribute Name: total_tree_ba_m2ha
      • Label: total tree basal area (m2 per ha)
      • Description: total tree basal area (square meters per hectare)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: square meters per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 82.64
      Attribute Name: total_tree_density_per_ha
      • Label: total tress per ha
      • Description: number of live and dead trees per hectare
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: trees per hectare
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 2694.77
      Attribute Name: total_understory_percov
      • Label: total understory vegetation cover (%)
      • Description: percent cover of total understory vegetation (heraceous, moss, shrub)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: percent
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 89.775
      Attribute Name: visit
      • Label: visit number
      • Description: number of visit (first or second)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      • Number Type: integer
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 1
        • Maximum: 2

    Methods

    • Current Methods
      • Field methods
        • Method Description: See publication in Ecological Applications for detailed field methods.


    Sampling Equipment

    • Current Equipment
      • Field sampling
        • Sampling Description: See publication in Ecological Applications for detailed field sampling.

    Site Characteristics

    • Site Description: Wind study sites (See Ecological Applications publication for detailed site descriptions)