2012_GS_ITEX_PercentCover_csv

Percent species cover from 14 flux canopy and 19 point frame 1m x 1m plots sampled near the shrub LTER sites at Toolik Field Station, Alaska, summer 2012.

Variables

YEAR
  • Label: YEAR
  • Definition: year of measurement
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: YYYY
  • Missing values: None specified
Date
  • Label: Date
  • Definition: Date of Measurement
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: dd-mmm-yy
  • Missing values: None specified
SITE
  • Label: SITE
  • Definition: Toolik
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
GROUP
  • Label: GROUP
  • Definition: Measurement location in relation to Toolik Lake LTER Shrub plots; In vicinity of Block1 = Upland, IVO Block 2 = Outlet
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
PLOT
  • Label: PLOT
  • Definition: Individual plot identifier
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
TREAT
  • Label: TREAT
  • Definition: none or fertilized (FERT - Fertilized with 10g N + 5g P per square meter. N is in form of NH4NO3 annually)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
PHASE
  • Label: PHASE
  • Definition: Measurement series (round of measurement within each year) #not used in this data collection
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: number
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
PLOT SIZE
  • Label: PLOT SIZE
  • Definition: 1m x 1m chamber or point frame size
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
SPECIES CODE
  • Label: SPECIES CODE
  • Definition: species abbreviation
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
FUNCT GROUP
  • Label: FUNCT GROUP
  • Definition: functional group classification
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
SPP PERCENT COVER
  • Label: SPP PERCENT COVER
  • Definition: percent cover of specific species
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
DOM VEG
  • Label: DOM VEG
  • Definition: Dominant canopy vegetation
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Total vascular plant cover percent cover
  • Label: Total vascular plant cover percent cover
  • Definition: percent vascular plant cover (sum ofall SPP except moss) for the plot
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Total plant cover
  • Label: Total plant cover
  • Definition: total plant percent cover (including moss) for the plot
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Data Source Details

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Number of Records: 

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