1984-85 Vermont Forest Tent Caterpillar Impact Survey: Summaries
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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
A statewide Forest Tent Caterpillar Impact Survey was conducted in 1984 and 1985. The randomly selected points included 40 defoliated stands with visible mortality (as detected during aerial surveys), 43 defoliated stands without visible mortality, and 16 undefoliated stands. Data was derived from at least five prism points (10 BAF) per stand. The data has not been fully analyzed. A preliminary analysis of the crown condition of the sugar maple basal area shows a trend of increasing tree mortality and crown dieback with increasing number of defoliations.
► People
- Sandra Wilmot: Principal Investigator
► Organizations
- Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation: lead
► Geographic Coverage
- Coordinates
► Data Table
- Title: Summaries
- Start Date: 1984-01-01
- End Date: 1985-12-31
- Description: The summaries of each plot. Includes DBH class, basal area, number of stems, cords, board feet.
- Purpose:
- Condensed Title: Z1139_2379_B977DO
- Object Name: VMC.1139.2379
- Data Type: mySQL
- Citation: Matthew Gorton (2017) Summaries. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/1984-85_Vermont_Forest_Tent_Caterpillar_Impact_Survey/dataset/summaries
- Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/1984-85_Vermont_Forest_Tent_Caterpillar_Impact_Survey/dataset/summaries
► Attribute List
- Attribute Name: Basal_Area
- Label: Basal_Area
- Description: Tree area in square feet of the cross section at breast height of a single tree. When the basal areas of all trees in a stand are summed, the result is usually expressed as square feet of basal area per acre (USDA).
- Storage Type: int
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: Board_feet
- Label: Board_feet
- Description: A unit of measure equal to the cubic contents of a piece of lumber one foot square and one inch thick
- Storage Type: decimal
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: Cords
- Label: Cords
- Description: A standard, full cord of wood is a volume of 128 cubic feet, measured as a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet high and 4 feet wide (USDA).
- Storage Type: decimal
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: DBH_Class
- Label: DBH_Class
- Storage Type: text
- Measurment Type: nominal
- Attribute Name: DK=0_BA/AC
- Label: DK=0_BA/AC
- Storage Type: int
- Attribute Name: DK=0_Stems
- Label: DK=0_Stems
- Storage Type: decimal
- Attribute Name: Number_Stems
- Label: Number_Stems
- Storage Type: decimal
- Attribute Name: Stand
- Label: Stand
- Storage Type: int
► 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