Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaThe Ecological Significance of Sun/Shade Plasticity in Balsam Fir, Red Spruce, and Paper Birch along Elevational Gradients in the Northeastern United StatesTo 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.The Ecological Significance of Sun/Shade Plasticity in Balsam Fir, Red Spruce, and Paper Birch along Elevational Gradients in the Northeastern United StatesRichardsonAndrewelevationlightred sprucebalsam firwhite birchSpruce Fir Chemistry2000-06-012002-09-30Detailed chemical composition of sampled materialTo 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.Z0128_SpruceFirChemVMC.128.174mySQLAndrew Richardson. 2002. Spruce Fir Chemistry. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/the-ecological-significance-sunshade-plasticity-balsam/dataset/spruce-fir-chemistry/overviewhttps://www.uvm.edu/femc/CI4/data/archive/project/the-ecological-significance-sunshade-plasticity-balsam/dataset/spruce-fir-chemistryObservationObservation 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 weightintpercent0.01real0100PhosphorousPhosphorous ConcentrationFoliar Phosphorous concentrationintcustomMilligramsPerKilogram1integerPotassiumPotassium ConcentrationFoliar Potassium concentrationintcustomMilligramsPerKilogram1integerCalciumCalcium Concentration Foliar Calcium concentrationintcustomMilligramsPerKilogram1integerMagnesiumMagnesium ConcentrationFoliar Magnesium concentrationintcustomMilligramsPerKilogram1integerManganeseManganese ConcentrationFoliar Manganese concetrationintcustomMilligramsPerKilogram1integerCopperCopper ConcentrationFoliar Copper concentrationintcustomMilligramsPerKilogram1integerZincZinc ConcentrationFoliar Zinc concentrationintcustomMilligramsPerKilogram1integerNeutralDetergentFiberNeutral Detergent FiberA measure of the total fiber content (hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin)decimalpercent0.01real0100AcidDetergentFiberAcid Detergent FiberAcid detergent fiberdecimalpercent0.01real0100HemicelluloseHemicellulosePerent hemicellulosedecimalpercent0.01real0100CelluloseCellulosePercent cellulosedecimalpercent0.01real0100LigninLigninPercent Lignindecimalpercent0.01real0100d13Cd13Cunknowndecimalnumber0.0001realCommentsCommentsCommentstext