Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Shaw Mountain Ice Storm Study 1998-2002: Canopy Composition

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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 study tracks forest response to an ice storm. The forest inventory plots, established in 1998 are located at the Nature Conservancy's Shaw Mountain Natural Area in Benson, VT. Used to study the impacts of this disturbance on forest structure and composition. Response variables include abiotic conditions, soil, downed woody material, canopy cover and light penetration, canopy composition, tree recruitment, tree vitality analysis, seedling density by species and height, tree diameter analysis, basal area of trees, and herbaceous layer after an ice storm. Four 20x20m plots were located at 190-215 m elevation, two in heavily ice-damaged forest and two in lightly damaged forest (controls).

People

  • James Graves: Principal Investigator

Keywords

  • canopy, composition, forest, ice storm,

Organizations

  • Vermont Nature Conservancy : partner

Geographic Coverage

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    Data Table

    • Title: Canopy Composition
    • Start Date: 1998-07-14
    • End Date: 1998-07-15
    • Description: Canopy composition, 1998, on Shaw Mountain, VT. Elevation 190-215m.

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: Z1341_2716_5HHYWL

    • Object Name: VMC.1341.2716

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: James Graves (2002) Canopy Composition. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/shaw_mountain_ice_storm_study/dataset/canopy-composition

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/shaw_mountain_ice_storm_study/dataset/canopy-composition

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Basal_Area
      • Label: Basal Area
      • Description: Basal area by m^2 per hectare. Stems dead prior to the ice storm are not included. (For example, plot 1 had one dead stem of Fraxinus americana.)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.01
      • Unit: square meters per hectare
      Attribute Name: Species
      • Label: Species
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Plot
      • Label: Plot
      • Description: Plot id
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Stem_Diameter
      • Label: Stem Diameter
      • Description: Stem diameter (mean) in cm
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 1
      • Unit: centimeter
      Attribute Name: Stem_Density
      • Label: Stem Density
      • Description: Stem density by stems per hectare
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 1
      • Unit: stems per hectare
      Attribute Name: Trees_Per_Sample
      • Label: Trees Per Sample
      • Description: Count of trees per sample
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 1

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset