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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcDetailed chemical composition of sampled materialForest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeThe Ecological Significance of Sun/Shade Plasticity in Balsam Fir, Red Spruce, and Paper Birch along Elevational Gradients in the Northeastern United StatesAndrewRichardsonprincipalInvestigatorTo better understand the relationship between plants and their abiotic environment, by using the response of three different tree species growing at different elevations, to light.Spruce Fir ChemistryDetailed chemical composition of sampled materialVMC.128.174mySQLhttps://www.uvm.edu/femc/CI4/data/archive/project/the-ecological-significance-sunshade-plasticity-balsam/dataset/spruce-fir-chemistry2000-06-012002-09-30ObservationObservation NumberObservation numberintSpeciesSpecies Species of tree (Spruce or fir)textelevElevationElevation where observation was taken (mid, low or top)textCrownpositionCrown PositionCrown position of tree where observation was taken (sun or shade)textTransectTransectTransect numberintMountainMountainMountain where observation was takentextSampleCodeSample CodeSample codetextNitrogenNitrogen ConcentrationNitrogen percent of needle dry weightintmeterreal0100PhosphorousPhosphorous ConcentrationFoliar Phosphorous concentrationintmeterintegerPotassiumPotassium ConcentrationFoliar Potassium concentrationintmeterintegerCalciumCalcium Concentration Foliar Calcium concentrationintmeterintegerMagnesiumMagnesium ConcentrationFoliar Magnesium concentrationintmeterintegerManganeseManganese ConcentrationFoliar Manganese concetrationintmeterintegerCopperCopper ConcentrationFoliar Copper concentrationintmeterintegerZincZinc ConcentrationFoliar Zinc concentrationintmeterintegerNeutralDetergentFiberNeutral Detergent FiberA measure of the total fiber content (hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin)decimalmeterreal0100AcidDetergentFiberAcid Detergent FiberAcid detergent fiberdecimalmeterreal0100HemicelluloseHemicellulosePerent hemicellulosedecimalmeterreal0100CelluloseCellulosePercent cellulosedecimalmeterreal0100LigninLigninPercent Lignindecimalmeterreal0100d13Cd13CunknowndecimalmeterrealCommentsCommentsCommentstext