Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Shaw Mountain Ice Storm Study 1998-2002: Prestorm Trees

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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

    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

  • basal area, dbh, ice storm,

Organizations

  • Vermont Nature Conservancy : partner

Geographic Coverage

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    Data Table

    • Title: Prestorm Trees
    • Start Date: 1998-07-14
    • End Date: 2002-07-15
    • Description: Tracking prestorm trees throughout the Shaw Mountain Ice Storm Study, 1998-2002.

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: Z1341_2717_12DQ93

    • Object Name: VMC.1341.2717

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: James Graves (2002) Prestorm Trees. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/shaw_mountain_ice_storm_study/dataset/prestorm_trees

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

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: ba_00
      • Label: Stem Basal Area, 2000
      • Description: Stem basal area from 2000 (sq cm)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 0.000000001
      Attribute Name: ba_01
      • Label: Stem Basal Area, 2001
      • Description: Stem basal area from 2001 (sq cm)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 0.000000001
      Attribute Name: ba_02
      • Label: Stem Basal Area, 2002
      • Description: Stem basal area from 2002 (sq cm)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 0.000000001
      Attribute Name: ba_98
      • Label: Basal Area, 1998
      • Description: Stem basal area from 1998 (sq cm)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 0.000000001
      Attribute Name: ba_99
      • Label: Basal Area, 1999
      • Description: Stem basal area from 1999 (sq cm)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 0.000000001
      Attribute Name: bn_98
      • Label: Bent Not Trapped, 1998
      • Description: Damage code (bn) is bent, not trapped, 1998 (1=bent, not trapped)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: btr_98
      • Label: Broken Trunk, 1998
      • Description: Damage code (btr) is broken trunk, 1998 (0=not broken trunk, 1=broken trunk)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: bt_98
      • Label: Bent and Trapped, 1998
      • Description: Damage code (bt) is bent and trapped, 1998 (0=not bent and trapped, 1=bent and trapped)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: b_98
      • Label: Broken Branches, 1998
      • Description: Damage code (b) is broken branches, 1998 (0=no broken branches, 1=broken branches)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: cr_98
      • Label: Crown Damage, 1998
      • Description: Crown damage of 1998 (0=no crown damage, 1-low, 2=medium, 3=high)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: dbh_00
      • Label: DBH, 2000
      • Description: DBH (cm) from 2000
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 0.1
      Attribute Name: dbh_01
      • Label: DBH, 2001
      • Description: DBH (cm) from 2001
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 0.1
      Attribute Name: dbh_02
      • Label: DBH, 2002
      • Description: DBH (cm) from 2002
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 0.1
      Attribute Name: dbh_99
      • Label: DBH, 1999
      • Description: DBH (cm) from 1999
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 0.1
      Attribute Name: dbh_98
      • Label: DBH, 1998
      • Description: DBH (cm) from 1998
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 0.1
      Attribute Name: gro_02
      • Label: Leader Growth, 2002
      • Description: Length of the longest new stem growth, from bud scale scars of previous winter to present apical meristem (cm)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: Ice
      • Label: Ice
      • Description: Plots 1 and 2 = heavy ice damage, plots 3 and 4 = control (light ice damage)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: i_98
      • Label: Intact, 1998
      • Description: Damage code (i) is intact, 1998 (0=not intact, 1=intact)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: m_00
      • Label: Mortality, 2000
      • Description: Mortality from 2000 (0=alive, 1=dead)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: m_01
      • Label: Mortality, 2001
      • Description: Mortality from 2001 (0=alive, 1=dead)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: m_02
      • Label: Mortality, 2002
      • Description: Mortality from 2002 (0=alive, 1=dead)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: m_97
      • Label: Mortality, 1997
      • Description: Mortality from 1997 (0=alive, 1=dead)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: m_98
      • Label: Mortality, 1998
      • Description: Mortality from 1998 (0=alive, 1=dead)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: m_99
      • Label: Mortaliy, 1999
      • Description: Mortality from 1999 (0=alive, 1=dead)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: notes
      • Label: Notes
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: new
      • Label: New Recruits
      • Description: Plots with new recruits (0=no recruits, 1=new recruits reaching >1.3m after the ice storm)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Plot
      • Label: Plot
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: r0_00
      • Label: Root Sprouts, 2000
      • Description: Root sprouts in 2000 less than 1 cm at base
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: r0_01
      • Label: Root Sprouts (<1cm), 2001
      • Description: Root sprouts in 2001 less than 1 cm at base
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: r0_99
      • Label: Root Sprouts (<1cm), 1999
      • Description: Root sprouts in 1999 less than 1 cm at base
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: r0_02
      • Label: Root Sprouts (<1cm), 2002
      • Description: Root sprouts in 2002 less than 1 cm at base
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: r1_00
      • Label: Root Sprouts (1-2.5cm), 2000
      • Description: Root sprouts in 2000 between 1-2.5 cm at base
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: r1_01
      • Label: Root Sprouts (1-2.5cm), 2001
      • Description: Root sprouts in 2001 between 1-2.5 cm at base
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: r1_02
      • Label: Root Sprouts (1-2.5cm), 2002
      • Description: Root sprouts in 2002 between 1-2.5 cm at base
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: r1_99
      • Label: Root Sprouts (1-2.5cm), 1999
      • Description: Root sprouts in 1999 between 1-2.5 cm at base
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: r2_00
      • Label: Root Sprouts (2.5-5cm), 2000
      • Description: Root sprouts in 2000 between 2.5-5 cm at base
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: r2_01
      • Label: Root Sprouts (2.5-5cm), 2001
      • Description: Root sprouts in 2001 between 2.5-5 cm at base
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: r2_99
      • Label: Root Sprouts (2.5-5cm), 1999
      • Description: Root sprouts in 1999 between 2.5-5 cm at base
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: r2_02
      • Label: Root Sprouts (2.5-5cm), 2002
      • Description: Root sprouts in 2002 between 2.5-5 cm at base
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: r_98
      • Label: Root sprouts (total), 1998
      • Description: Root sprouts (total), 1998
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: Species
      • Label: Species
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: spe_00
      • Label: Epicormic Sprouts, 2000
      • Description: Epicormic sprouts in 2000 (0=none, 1=1-10, 2=11-50, 3=more than 50
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: spe_01
      • Label: Epicormic Sprouts, 2001
      • Description: Epicormic sprouts in 2001 (0=none, 1=1-10, 2=11-50, 3=more than 50
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: spe_99
      • Label: Epicormic Sprouts, 1999
      • Description: Epicormic sprouts in 1999 (0=none, 1=1-10, 2=11-50, 3=more than 50
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: spe_02
      • Label: Epicormic Sprouts, 2002
      • Description: Epicormic sprouts in 2002 (0=none, 1=1-10, 2=11-50, 3=more than 50
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: spt_00
      • Label: Top Sprouts, 2000
      • Description: Top sprouts in 2000 (0=none, 1=1-10, 2=11-50, 3=more than 50
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: spt_01
      • Label: Top Sprouts, 2001
      • Description: Top sprouts in 2001 (0=none, 1=1-10, 2=11-50, 3=more than 50
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: spt_02
      • Label: Top Sprouts, 2002
      • Description: Top sprouts in 2002 (0=none, 1=1-10, 2=11-50, 3=more than 50
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: spt_99
      • Label: Top Sprouts, 1999
      • Description: Top sprouts in 1999 (0=none, 1=1-10, 2=11-50, 3=more than 50
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: tot_spe_98
      • Label: Epicormic Sprouts (total), 1998
      • Description: Epicormic sprouts in 1998 (total)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: tot_spt_98
      • Label: Top Sprouts (total), 1998
      • Description: Top sprouts in 1998 (total)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      Attribute Name: Tree_ID
      • Label: Tree ID
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: u_98
      • Label: Uprooted, 1998
      • Description: Damage code (u) is uprooted, 1998 (0=not uprooted, 1=uprooted)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: vit_00
      • Label: Vitality, 2000
      • Description: Vitality from 2000 (1=vigorous, 2=moderately vigorous, 3=weak, 4=dead)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: vit_01
      • Label: Vitality, 2001
      • Description: Vitality from 2001 (1=vigorous, 2=moderately vigorous, 3=weak, 4=dead)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: vit_02
      • Label: Vitality, 2002
      • Description: Vitality from 2002 (1=vigorous, 2=moderately vigorous, 3=weak, 4=dead)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: vit_98
      • Label: Vitality, 1998
      • Description: Vitality from 1998 (1=vigorous, 2=moderately vigorous, 3=weak, 4=dead)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: vit_99
      • Label: Vitality, 1999
      • Description: Vitality from 1999 (1=vigorous, 2=moderately vigorous, 3=weak, 4=dead)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal

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    Sampling Equipment

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    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset