Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

New York Aerial Forest Health Surveys: Historical New York Forest Tent Caterpillar Damage

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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

    Annual Aerial Surveys of New York state that record forest damage and damage agents. This data is used to monitor long term forest health and occurrences of specific damage agents.

People

  • Jerry Carlson: Principal Investigator

  • Scott McDonnell: Content Provider

Keywords

  • forest disturbance, forest tent caterpillar, pests,

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    Data Table

    • Title: Historical New York Forest Tent Caterpillar Damage
    • Start Date: 1951-01-01
    • End Date: 1994-12-31
    • Description: Spatial data of forest tent caterpillar damage in New York state. Data were digitized from paper maps recording aerial detection surveys conducted in the state.

    • Purpose: Monitoring location, extent and nature of forest tent caterpillar damage to forests

    • Condensed Title: FTC1476462940.zip

    • Object Name: VMC.1021.2096

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: New York Division of Lands and Forests. 2016. Historical New York Forest Tent Caterpillar Damage. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/nydec-aerial-survey/dataset/historical-new-york-forest-tent-caterpillar

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/nydec-aerial-survey/dataset/historical-new-york-forest-tent-caterpillar

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