Vegetation Plots of the Bonanza Creek LTER Control Plots: Species Count (1975 - 2004) (Reformatted to ecocomDP Design Pattern)

• Main Authors: Viereck, Leslie A., Van Cleve, Keith, Chapin, F. Stuart, Ruess, Roger W., Hollingsworth, Teresa Nettleton, Bonanza Creek LTER
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2019
• Subjects: Bonanza; Betula nana
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/999386607e0bd51c9504d112ee5397a1; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=edi.351.1

This data package is formatted according to the "ecocomDP", a data package design pattern for ecological community surveys, and data from studies of composition and biodiversity. For more information on the ecocomDP project see https://github.com/EDIorg/ecocomDP/tree/master, or contact EDI https://environmentaldatainitiative.org. This Level 1 data package was derived from the Level 0 data package found here: https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?scope=knb-lter-bnz&identifier=175&revision=20 The abstract below was extracted from the Level 0 data package and is included for context: These data are the vegetation datasets for 27 LTER sites in Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest. The 27 sites are divided into three replicates for six primary successional stages on the floodplains (3 replicates X 6 successional stages = 18 sites) and three replicates for three secondary successional stages in the uplands (3 replicates X 3 successional stages = 9 sites). Data include: 1) Visual estimates of percent cover, 2) Stem counts (the number of individuals/species), and 3) Heights (cm) for "tall shrub species" in twenty 4 m2 plots. Shrubs are considered "Tall shrubs" if they are Salix sp., Alnus sp., Rosa acicularis, Viburnum edule, Betula nana, Betula glandulosa, or Rubus idaeus. Initial colonziations plots (FP0s, SL1s, HR1A) were remeasured every year. Early successional plots were remeasured every 2-4 years. Later succesional plots were remeasured approximately every five years. For a detail schedule of plot measurements please see the file: Vegetation Monitoring Schedule.xls Although most sites were established in 1988 some sites have vegetation plots that have been sampled periodically since 1965. In 2006 shrub data collection was changed to a transect method of sampling. These data can be found in the file: Shrub, Seedling and Sapling Density at Bonanza Creek LTER Research Sites (2006-Present) .