Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Global Change Fingerprints in Protected Montane Forests of Northeastern US: Characteristics of Mt. Mansfield Sampling Locations

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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

    This is a low impact research project that involves a) vegetation surveys to characterize forest overstory structure (tree id, height and diameter) and understory composition (tree seedlings and herbaceous cover); b) measurements of long term stand microclimate using iButton data loggers and c) extracting tree cores to study how climate affects tree growth and mortality.

People

  • Jay W. Wason: Content Provider

  • Martin Dovciak: Principal Investigator

Organizations

  • The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF): lead

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates

    Data Table

    • Title: Characteristics of Mt. Mansfield Sampling Locations
    • Start Date: 2013-06-01
    • End Date: 2013-08-30
    • Description: Characteristics of sample sites including elevation, slope, aspect, canopy cover and soil depth, collected from 4 of the 15 subplots (numbers 1, 5, 10 and 15).

    • Purpose: Characterize sample sites of study

    • Condensed Title: Z0340_SiteCharacteristics

    • Object Name: VMC.340.450

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Martin Dovciak. 2013. Characteristics of Mt. Mansfield Sampling Locations. SUNY ESF. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/global-change-northeastern-montane-forests/dataset/site-characteristics-montane-global-change

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/global-change-northeastern-montane-forests/dataset/site-characteristics-montane-global-change

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: mountain
      • Label: Name of mountain
      • Description: Name of mountain where sample plots are located
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: site
      • Label: Elevation
      • Description: Elevation of plot site
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Standard Unit: meter
      • Precision: 100
      • Unit: meter
      • Number Type: real
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 1500
      Attribute Name: slope(d)
      • Label: Slope
      • Description: Steepness of topography, averaged from 4 readings
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Standard Unit: degree
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: degree
      • Number Type: real
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 360
      Attribute Name: aspect(d.from.South)
      • Label: Aspect
      • Description: Aspect is the compass direction that a slope faces. In this case it was taken from the south and is an average of 4 measures.
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Standard Unit: degree
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: degree
      • Number Type: real
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 360
      Attribute Name: canopy.openness
      • Label: Canopy openness
      • Description: Percent canopy openness as an average of 4 densiometer readings
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Standard Unit: percent
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: percent
      • Number Type: real
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 100
      Attribute Name: soildepth(cm)
      • Label: Soil depth
      • Description: Average of 4 measures of soil depth
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Standard Unit: centimeter
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: centimeter
      • Number Type: real

    Methods

    • Past Methods (no longer in use)
      • Site characterizations
        • Started: 2013-05-15
          Ended: 2013-08-31
        • Method Description: At each site (elevation) 15 subplots were spaced 15 meters apart along the elevation contour. At subplots 1, 5, 10, and 15 canopy openness, soil depth, slope, and aspect were measured.

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • Site Description: Plots every 100 m from 500 m to 1100 m on Mt Mansfield

    • Minimum Altitude: 500 meter

    • Maximum Altitude: 1100 meter