Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Forest Health Monitoring: Seasonal variation in crown ratings: Crown Ratings from Multiple Within-Year Visits

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Metadata Provider

  • 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

    Determine the variability in crown ratings as a function of observation time within a 10 week sampling period. Assess the variation in within-season timing of measurements, using same plot design as in the National Forest Health Monitoring Program (NFHM).

People

  • Tom Simmons: Content Provider

  • Sandra Wilmot: Principal Investigator

  • Jay Lackey: Content Provider

  • Ron Wells: Content Provider

  • Lars Lund: Content Provider

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    Data Table

    • Title: Crown Ratings from Multiple Within-Year Visits
    • Start Date: 1992-06-01
    • End Date: 1993-08-30
    • Description: Ratings of crown health and condition collected multiple times during a 10-week period.

    • Purpose: Capture variability in crown rating metrics at different points in the season

    • Condensed Title: Z0074_CrownRatingsMultipleRevisits

    • Object Name: VMC.74.407

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Sandra Wilmot. 1993. Crown Ratings from Multiple Within-Year Visits. VT Department of Forests, Parks, & Recreation. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/forest-health-monitoring-seasonal-variation-crown/dataset/crown-ratings-from-multiple-within-year

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/forest-health-monitoring-seasonal-variation-crown/dataset/crown-ratings-from-multiple-within-year

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Crown Class
      • Label: Crown Class
      • Description: Crown Class
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ordinal
      Attribute Name: Crown Density
      • Label: Crown Density
      • Description: Crown density
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      Attribute Name: Crown Dieback
      • Label: Crown Dieback
      • Description: Crown dieback
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ordinal
      Attribute Name: Date of remeasurement
      • Label: Date of remeasurement
      • Description: Date of remeasurement
      • Storage Type: datetime
      • Measurment Type: datetime
      • String Format: M-DD-YYYY hh:mm:ss
      Attribute Name: Elevation
      • Label: Elevation
      • Description: Elevation
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      Attribute Name: Foliage Transparency
      • Label: Foliage Transparency
      • Description: Foliage Transparency
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ordinal
      Attribute Name: Live Crown Ratio
      • Label: Live Crown Ratio
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      Attribute Name: Point
      • Label: Point
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Species
      • Label: Species
      • Description: Species
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Tree Number
      • Label: Tree Number
      • Description: Tree number
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Watershed
      • Label: Watershed
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Year
      • Label: Year
      • Description: Year
      • Storage Type: datetime
      • Measurment Type: datetime
      • String Format: YYYY

    Methods

    • Current Methods
      • Tree metrics
        • Started: 1991-06-01
        • Method Description: Remeasure dieback, transparency and density on trees within Forest Health Monitoring plots 3-4 times per season, using protocols in NFHM field methods manual.

      • Unnamed Method
        • Started: 1992-06-01
        • Method Description: Two plots used, one at 1400 feet (Proctor Maple Research Center) and at 2200 feet (Underhill State Park) for 1992 and 1993 remeasurements.


    • Past Methods (no longer in use)
      • Unnamed Method
        • Started: 1991-06-01
          Ended: 1992-06-01
        • Method Description: One plot used at 1400 at Proctor Maple Research Center for 1991 remeasurements.

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • Site Description: Northern hardwood forest in Browns River watershed, at 1400 and 2200 feet.