Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Holt Research Forest Annual Tree Seed Collection: Litter Traps

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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

    Holt Research Forest From 1983-1990 we assessed annual litter and seed fall using litter traps with 0.5m2 openings (n = 40, collections bimonthly). Since 1988 we have used 0.042m2 traps (n = 264 traps, collections once per year in May before red maple seed fall. Litter collection was dropped because the volume was too great to effectively sort and measure. Seed collection was maintained because seed production relates well to tree recruitment and small mammal abundance.

People

  • Clarke Cooper: Content Provider

  • Jack Witham: Principal Investigator

  • Kelly French: Content Provider

  • Paulina Murray: Content Provider

Organizations

  • University of Maine : lead
  • University of Maine Holt Research Forest: lead
  • University of Maine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests: partner

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    Data Table

    • Title: Litter Traps
    • Start Date: 1983-05-01
    • End Date: 1990-12-31
    • Description: CSV file, 1983-1990 seed collection data from 40 litter traps in the research area.

    • Purpose: Collect seed fall to determine seed abundance and litter fall to biomass production.

    • Condensed Title: Z1217_2440_7CD7AY

    • Object Name: VMC.1217.2440

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Holt Research Forest, University of Maine (2019) LitterTraps. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/hrfseeds/dataset/littertraps

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

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: BLOCK
      • Label: BLOCK
      • Description: Grid block in study area
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: COUNT
      • Label: COUNT
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: FIASP
      • Label: FIASP
      • Description: FIA species code
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: SPEC
      • Label: SPEC
      • Description: HRF species code
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: YEAR
      • Label: YEAR
      • Storage Type: date
      • Measurment Type: datetime
      • String Format: YYYY

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    Sampling Equipment

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    Site Characteristics

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