Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Forest Research at Harvard Forest: Fern Understory as an Ecological Filter at Harvard Forest 1993-1995

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  • 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

    Since 1907, the Harvard Forest has served as a center for research and education in forest biology and conservation. The Forest's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, established in 1988 and funded by the National Science Foundation, provides a framework for much of this activity.

People

  • Emery Boose: Principal Investigator

Keywords

  • ferns, germination, Harvard Forest, seedlings, survival,

Organizations

  • Harvard University Harvard Forest: lead
  • Duke Forest : partner

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    Data Table

    • Title: Fern Understory as an Ecological Filter at Harvard Forest 1993-1995
    • Start Date: 1993-01-01
    • End Date: 1995-12-31
    • Description: This project is was an investigation of the role of the fern understory as an ecological filter that influences the organization of the tree seedling bank in New England deciduous forests. The data files summarize a series of field experiments conducted from 1993 to 1995 evaluating the response of seed germination and seedling growth and survival to experimental understory manipulation. These field studies involved three experimental manipulations of the fern understory: 1) removal of ferns 2) ferns tied back (to remove above-ground shading) 3) ferns left intact (control). These manipulations were established in 180 - 1m2 plots spanning six field sites and 2 different fern species (3 understory manipulations x 2 understory fern species x 6 sites x 5 replicates/site = 180 experimental plots).

    • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of fern understory on tree seedling bank in New England deciduous forests.

    • Condensed Title:

    • Object Name: VMC.1387.2842

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: George L, Bazzaz F. 2003. Fern Understory as an Ecological Filter at Harvard Forest 1993-1995. Harvard Forest Data Archive: HF051. Available at: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu:8080/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf051

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/Harvard_Forest_Research/dataset/fern-understory-as-ecological-filter-harvard

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: fern
      • Label: Fern species field in HF Fern Understory Seeds and Seedlings datasets
      • Description: Species field in the Harvard Forest Fern Understory as an Ecological Filter Trees Seeds and Seedlings datasets (hf051-01, hf051-02, hf051-03)
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      • Species List: Harvard Forest - Fern Understory as an Ecological Filter1993-1995
        • Code: DEPU
          • Definition: ITIS #17491, eastern hayscented fern; hay-scented fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula)
        • Code: OSCL
          • Definition: ITIS #17220, interrupted fern (Osmunda claytoniana)
        • Code: BEAL
          • Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
        • Code: ACRU
          • Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
        • Code: QURU
          • Definition: ITIS #19408, northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

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    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset