White Spruce Seedling Counts at Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest Vegetation Plots (4-sq meters)

This study is a survey of the spruce seedlings of 24 LTER sites in Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest. The 24 sites are divided into three replicates for six primary successional stages onthe floodplains (3 replicates X 5 successional stages = 15 sites) and three replicates for three secondary sucessional stages in the uplands (3 replicates X 3 successional stages = 9 sites). White spruce seedlings were surveyed on some sites as early as 1975 and every 1-2 years from the 1980's through 2004. Seedlings are currently surveyed as part of the <a href="http://www.lter.uaf.edu/data_detail.cfm?datafile_pkey=530"> Shrub, Seedling and Sapling Density at Bonanza Creek LTER Research Sites (2006-Present) </a> data package.