Successional Dynamics on a Resampled Chronosequence. Year 1997 Percent cover data

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Cedar Creek Natural History Area; Long Term; Ecology; Successional dynamics; Primary Productivity; Disturbance Patterns; Nutrient Budgets; Nutrient Cycles; Climatic Variation; Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Nitrogen limitation; Fire Frequency; Plant Competition; MISCELLANEOUS LITTER; AGROPYRON REPENS; POA PRATENSIS; ERAGROSTIS SPECTABILIS; ACER NEGUNDO; FRAGARIA VIRGINIANA; LYCHNIS ALBA; ARABIS DIVARICARPA; BARE GROUND; MOSSES & LICHENS; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA ELATIOR; POLYGONUM CONVOLVULUS; SETARIA LUTESCENS (GLAUCA); ERIGERON CANADENSIS; HEDEOMA HISPIDA; LEPIDIUM DENSIFLORUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; PANICUM OLIGOSANTHES; ERIGERON STRIGOSUS; BERTEROA INCANA; CREPIS TECTORUM; OENOTHERA BIENNIS; GNAPHALIUM OBTUSIFOLIUM; MISCELLANEOUS HERBS; TRAGOPOGON DUBIUS (MAJOR); RUDBECKIA SEROTINA; VICIA VILLOSA; RUMEX ACETOSELLA; CYPERUS SP; ANEMONE CYLINDRICA; AGROSTIS SCABRA; ANDROPOGON GERARDI; POTENTILLA NORVEGICA; SOLIDAGO NEMORALIS; AGROSTIS ALBA; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; SILENE SP; SOLIDAGO MISSOURIENSIS; LACTUCA SP; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; VERBASCUM THAPSUS; LEPIDIUM SP; CAREX SP; ASTRAGALUS CANADENSIS; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM(LANULOSA); ASTER AZUREUS; ANTENNARIA NEGLECTA; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS; PHYSALIS VIRGINIANA; HIERACIUM LONGIPILUM; LACTUCA CANADENSIS; LACTUCA SERRIOLA (SCARIOLA); STACHYS PALUSTRIS; ARTEMISIA (CAUDATA) CAMPESTRIS; HELIANTHEMUM BICKNELLII; SOLIDAGO GIGANTEA; MISCELLANEOUS GRASSES; PANICUM PRAECOCIOUS; POTENTILLA RECTA; MONARDA FISTULOSA; QUERCUS ELLIPSOIDALIS; AGASTACHE FOENICULUM; PRUNUS SEROTINA; POTENTILLA SIMPLEX; POA COMPRESSA; LESPEDEZA CAPITATA; PINUS STROBUS; SOLIDAGO RIGIDA; SPOROBOLUS CRYPTANDRUS; EQUISETUM SP; AMBROSIA CORONOPIFOLIA; TRADESCANTIA OCCIDENTALIS; SETARIA SP; ARTEMESIA (CAUDATA) CAMPESTRIS; FORB SEEDLINGS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; HIERACIUM KALMII; OENOTHERA SP; POLYGALA POLYGAMA; RUBUS SP; EQUISETUM LAEVIGATUM; DANTHONIA SPICATA; PANICUM PERLONGUM; LITHOSPERMUM CAROLINIENSE; LIATRIS ASPERA; SOLIDAGO SPECIOSA; EQUISETUM ARVENSE; POTENTILLA SP; PANICUM SP; SILENE ANTIRRHINA; ANTENNARIA SP; SISYRINCHIUM CAMPESTRE; ANTENNARIA PLANTAGINIFOLIA; VICIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ARABIS SP; ULMUS PUMILA; GRASS SEEDLINGS; RHUS RADICANS; PRUNUS VIRGINIANA; ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA; ROSA ARKANSANA; AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS; PHYSALIS HETEROPHYLLA; CAREX BEBBII; CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA; DESMODIUM CANADENSE; LATHYRUS VENOSUS; AGROSTIS SP; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; ARISTIDA BASIRAMEA; CHRYSOPSIS VILLOSA; HIERACIUM AURANTIACUN; ARISTIDA TUBERCULOSA; PINUS BANKSIANA; TARAXICUM OFFICINALIS; MISCELLANEOUS RUSHES; AMORPHA CANESCENS; POA SP; FRAGARIA VESCA (AMERICANA); PHLEUM PRATENSE; ACHILLEA SP; TRADESCANTIA BRACTEATA; SETARIA VIRIDIS; BROMUS INERMIS; MELILOTUS ALBA; ERIGERON SP; DIGITARIA SANGUINALIS; HEUCHERA RICHARDSONII; ASCLEPIAS SP; PENSTEMON GRACILIS; LECHEA STRICTA; PHYSALIS SP; ASCLEPIAS OVALIFOLIA; RUMEX SP; ERIGERON ANUUS; PLANTAGO (PURSHII) PATAGONICA; CYPERUS STRIGOSUS; CAREX MUHLENBERGII; EUPHORBIA GLYPTOSPERMA; OXALIS STRICTA; APOCYNUM SP; OXALIS SP; APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMIFOLIUM; RANUNCULUS RHOMBOIDEUS; SPOROBOLUS SP; LINARIA VULGARIS; STACHYS SP; TRIFOLIUM SP; TRIFOLIUM ARVENSE; STIPA SPARTEA; ARTEMISIA LUDOVICIANA; VIOLA PEDATIFIDA; PRUNUS PUMILA; VERONICASTRUM VIRGINICUM; ANEMONE PATENS; SALIX HUMILIS; CALAMOVILFA LONGIFOLIA; DELPHINIUM VIRESCENS; CAREX STRICTA; SCUTELLARIA PARVULA; KOELERIA CRISTATA; SCUTELLARIA GALERICULATA; OXYBAPHUS HIRSUTUS; HELIANTHUS LAETIFLORUS; TRADESCANTIA SP; BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES; SMILACINA STELLATA; SMILACINA RACEMOSA; CEANOTHUS AMERICANUS; ACER RUBRUM; LITHOSPERMUM CANESCENS; CORYLUS AMERICANUS; PHLOX PILOSA; HIERACIUM SP; SOLIDAGO SP; MISCELLANEOUS WOODY PLANTS; PETALOSTEMUM CANDIDUM; RUBUS FLAGELLARIS; POTENTILLA ARGUTA; MONARDA PUNCTATA; CHENOPODIUM LEPTOPHYLLUM; Saint-Paul; Recta; Cedar Creek; Campanula rotundifolia
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The purpose of this observational study is to describe the dynamics of ecosystem succession. The change in the number, type, and amount of plant and grazing animal species is monitored in more than 20 fields. These fields were previously cultivated, but then abandoned from agriculture at various times in the past. The fields were left undisturbed for plants to develop from seeds within the soil or brought into the fields by wind or animals. Permanent transects have been established in these abandoned fields for purposes of sampling in a consistent location from year to year. Permanent plots along these transects have been used to sample soil nutrients, (in particular, nitrogen) abundance of vegetation, species composition and herbivore populations. The sampling occurs approximately every 6 years. In the initial survey, 100 quadrats of size 1 by 0.5 m were sampled per field in 23 different fields. Abandoned fields included in E014 are 4, 5, 10, 21, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 35, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 53, 70, 72, 76, 77. Fields 22(B), 29(A), and 69(C) were originally included in E014 but used for other purposes shortly after the start of the study. This experiment was established in 1983 and 1989 by principal investigators Johannes Knops and David Tilman.