Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Shaw Mountain Ice Storm Study 1998-2002: Canopy Cover and Light Penetration

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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 cover, forest, ice storm, light penetration,

Organizations

  • Vermont Nature Conservancy : partner

Geographic Coverage

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    Data Table

    • Title: Canopy Cover and Light Penetration
    • Start Date: 1998-07-14
    • End Date: 2002-07-15
    • Description: Tracking canopy cover and light penetration between 1998-2002 on Shaw Mountain, VT. Elevation 190-215m.

    • Purpose: Compare canopy cover between iced plot and control plots on shaw mountain after ice storm events between 1998 - 2002.

    • Condensed Title: Z1341_2715_FZBL42

    • Object Name: VMC.1341.2715

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: James Graves (2002) Canopy Cover and Light Penetration. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/shaw_mountain_ice_storm_study/dataset/canopy_cover_and_light_penetration

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

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Canopy_Cover
      • Label: Canopy Cover
      • Description: Percent canopy cover
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.1
      • Unit: percent
      Attribute Name: Light_Penetration
      • Label: Light Penetration
      • Description: Percent light penetration through the canopy
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.1
      • Unit: percent
      Attribute Name: Ice
      • Label: Ice
      • Description: A boolean metric, 1 means that the plot was an ice plot and 0 means that the plot was a control plot.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Plot
      • Label: Plot
      • Description: Study site id
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Year
      • Label: Year
      • Description: Year the plot was surveyed
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      • Unit: Year

    Methods

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    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset