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OMS01 Microbial and soil data in the Belowground Plot Experiment at konza prairie since 2017
Data describe soil chemistry collected during the 2017-2021 growing seasons at the Belowground Plot Experiment to assess for legacies. Whole plot-scale nitrogen fertilization at the Experiment ceased in 2017. Four subplots within each historically fertilized plot were set up to continue the annual fertilization treatment for soil chemistry.
PRP02 Plant diversity, richness, and plant species cover in konza prairie restoration heterogeneity plots, since 1998
The experiment is a randomized complete block design with four whole plot hetereogeneity treatments replicated within each of four blocks (n=16 whole plots). The whole plot treatments were created using different combinations of soil depth and nutrient manipulations. The control plots contained no depth or nutrient manipulations. The maximum hetereogeneity plots contained three 2 m x 8 m vertical strips assigned to ambient, enriched and reduced N treatments and four 2 m x 6 m horizontal strips assigned to deep and shallow soil to result in six treatment combinations. The maximum heterogeneity plots are a split-block design. Every plot contained 12 subplots (2 m x 2 m) for sampling. Prior to sowing, all of the plots were excavatedto a depth of approximately 25 cm. Natural limestone slabs were laid in strips assigned to the shallow soil treatment. The soil from all plots was then replaced, leveled, and disked (2-3 cm deep). In February 1998, we incorporated sawdust (49% C; C:N ratio=122) into the strips assigned to the reduced-N treatment. The average C concentration and bulk density in the surface 15 cm following long-term cultivation was 1.5% and 1.2 g cm-3, respectively. Sawdust was tilled into the soil at a rate of 5.5 kg dry wt./m2 to achieve a C concentration representative of native prairie soil (approx. 3% C). Surface applications of granular sugar were initiated in 2004 at a rate of 200 g sucrose m-2 (84.22 g C/m2) 3-4 times each growing season. Strips assigned to the enriched-N treatment were fertilized with 5 g N m2/y (applied as ammonium-nitrate) in July of the first growing season and early June of each subsequent years.
Fungal litter mat cover in Cannopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) plots responses to canopy opening, hurricanes and drought
Fungi that bind leaf litter into mats and produce white-rot via degradation of lignin and other aromatic compounds influence forest nutrient cycling and soil fertility. Over three and a half years beginning in June 2014, 6 months before the second iteration of the Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE), we measured quarterly the extent of white-rot litter mats formed by basidiomycete fungi in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico in response to disturbances – a simulated hurricane treatment executed by canopy trimming and debris addition in December 2014 (CTE0, a mid-year drought in 2015, and two hurricanes 10 days apart in September 2017. Percent fungal litter mat cover ranged from 0.4% after hurricanes Irma and Maria to a high of 53% in forest with undisturbed canopy prior to the 2017 hurricanes, with means mostly between 10 - 45% of fungal litter mat cover in undisturbed forest. Drought decreased litter mat cover in both treatments, except in one undisturbed plot dominated by a drought-resistant fungus, Marasmius crinis-equi. Percent fungal litter mat cover sharply declined after real hurricanes and the simulated hurricane treatment (CTE). We found that solar radiation had a significant treatment effect and was strongly negatively correlated with percent litter mat cover within each of the four climatic seasons. Solar radiation was also strongly negatively correlated with relative humidity, throughfall, rain and litter wetness. However, rainfall was negatively correlated with litter mat cover, possibly due to erosion or saturation during high rainfall events. Canopy opening reduced leaf litterfall rates but did not affect litter mat cover. The main negative effect on basidiomycete fungi that bind leaf litter into mats was lower litter moisture associated with increased solar radiation from canopy opening and high leaf fall during drought. Variation in drought tolerance among basidiomycete fungal litter mat formers provided some resilience to drought. \<para\> Support f
North Temperate Lakes LTER: Patterns of Soil Phosphorus - Y Plot Analysis 2001
In natural soils, patterns of variance are generated by driving forces such as parent materials, climate, hydrology, relief, disturbance and biological activity. These drivers, operating at particular scales and interacting with other drivers across scales, create a complex pattern of soil variability. Human activity may change the natural patterns of variance by changing the scale at which the governing processes are operating or the governing processes that are dominant at a given scale. In the case of soils and phosphorus (P) concentrations, this may involve changing dominant forces from plant-soil interactions and parent material to fertilizer inputs. Here, we examine the hypothesis that human activity changes natural patterns of variance in soil P concentrations across several spatial scales. We measured soil P concentrations and variability at 3 distinct levels of analysis - among sites, within a field, and within a 10-m diameter plot - and across 4 management regimes - remnant prairie, lawns, cash grain farms, and dairies. Variance changed across scale in any one management regime and across management regimes at the same scale. Rescaling the pattern of P accumulation and variability has implications for managing P runoff from uplands. For sample sites on private property, specific site location information, such as GPS coordinates, is not included in these datasets. If you have a need for this information, please get in touch with the contact person listed above Number of sites: 30
Pollinator visitation and floral resource production in Black Sand plots, 2019.
Anthropogenic climate change is altering interactions among numerous species, including plants and pollinators. Plant-pollinator interactions, crucial for the persistence of most plant and many insect species, are threatened by climate change-driven phenological shifts. Phenological mismatches between plants and their pollinators may affect pollination services, and simulations indicated that these mismatches may reduce floral resources available to up to 50 percent of insect pollinator species. Although alpine plants rely heavily on vegetative reproduction, seedling recruitment and seed dispersal are likely to be important drivers of alpine community structure. Similarly, advanced flowering may expose plants to increased risk of frost damage and shifted soil moisture regimes; phenologically advanced plants will experience these environmental factors differently, which may alter their floral resource production. Some species of alpine plants on the Niwot Ridge have displayed advanced phenology under treatments of advanced snowmelt (Forrester, unpublished data). However, little is understood about how these differences in distribution and phenology affect floral resources, pollinator community composition, and plant fecundity. Here we strive to examine how changes in the timing of flowering and number of flowers produced by plants, driven by experimental changes to climatic conditions at individual sites impact pollinator communities. In summer 2019, we found that plots with advanced phenology experienced peaks in pollinator visitation rates and pollinator diversity earlier than plots with unmanipulated snowmelt. We expect this to be because of the advanced floral phenology of certain key species in these plots. We did not find evidence that plants with advanced phenology produce fewer floral resources.
GPS point locations of plots, subplots, itex subplots, transects and soil sensor in the black sand extended growing season experiment, 2018 - 2023.
As a result of climate change, the Rocky Mountain Front Range is experiencing warmer summers and earlier snowmelt. Due to the importance of snow for regulating soil temperature, growing season length, and available moisture in alpine ecosystems, even small shifts in the snow-free period could have large impacts. The focus of the Black Sand Extended Growing Season Length Experiment is to examine how terrain-related differences in climate exposure influence the way alpine habitats respond to climate change via earlier snowmelt. To simulate how climate exposure may affect plant communities, NWT LTER researchers established 5 experimental sites each containing a pair 10 x 40m rectangular plots. These sites include north and south facing aspects, subalpine and alpine tundra meadows in a range of hydrological conditions (e.g. dry meadows, moist meadows, wet meadows). We accelerated snowmelt in one plot of each block by adding chemically inert black sand, while keeping the second plot as an unmanipulated control; black sand was added to these plots after snow had naturally melted. This dataset includes geolocations of individual subplots and sensors within the experiment, measured in summer 2023.
Annual primary productivity of Spartina alterniflora in control and fertilized plots at Law's Point, Rowley River, Plum Island Ecosystem LTER, MA, 1999-2025.
Annual productivity is estimated from aboveground biomass in Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh plots on the Rowley River within the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site. Aboveground biomass is determined non-destructively.
Aboveground biomass at control and fertilized plots in a Spartina patens-dominated salt marsh, Rowley River, Plum Island Ecosystem LTER, MA (2000-2025).
Aboveground biomass is determined destructively at control and fertilized sites approximately monthly during the growing season at a Spartina patens salt marsh on the Rowley River within the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site.
Porewater nutrient concentrations from control plots and fertilized plots at Spartina alterniflora, S.patens and Typha sp. marshes, Plum Island Ecosystem LTER, MA (1999-2025).
Porewater samples from five marsh locations in the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site were collected and analyzed for salinity as well as ammonium, phosphate, sulfide and chloride concentrations throughout the growing season. Three sites (a Typha-dominated brackish marsh, a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh, and a S. patens-dominated salt marsh) are part of a long term study, and include fertilized and non-fertilized sample plots. Two additional, non-fertilized marsh sites, are located on Nelson Island, near Stackyard Road within the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.
Change in marsh surface elevation measured with a Surface Elevation Table (SET) at control and fertilized plots at Spartina alterniflora, S.patens and Typha sp. marshes, Plum Island Ecosystems LTER, MA (1999-2025).
A Surface Elevation Table (SET) is used to measure changes in the elevation of the marsh surface at three long term marsh control and fertilization experimental research sites. The sites include one Typha-dominated brackish marsh, one Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh, and one S. patens-dominated salt marsh. Sites are located on the Rowley and upper Parker Rivers in the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER.
Surface Elevation Table (SET) data (pin heights) from control and fertilized plots at Spartina alterniflora, S. patens and Typha sp. marshes, Plum Island Ecosystems LTER, MA (1999-2025).
A Surface Elevation Table (SET) is used to measure changes in the elevation of the marsh surface at three long term marsh fertilization experimental research sites. The sites include one Typha-dominated brackish marsh, one Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh, and one S. patens-dominated salt marsh. Sites are located on the Rowley and upper Parker Rivers in the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site.
Plant heights at control and fertilized plots in a Spartina alterniflora-dominated marsh, Law's Point, Rowley River, Plum Island Ecosystem LTER, MA (1999-2025).
Plant heights are measured during the growing season in permanent plots at a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh on the Rowley River within the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site. Plant heights are converted to plant weight using an algorithm to generate a non-destructive estimate of aboveground plant biomass.
Aboveground plant biomass and density in control and fertilized plots in a Spartina alterniflora-dominated marsh, Rowley River, Plum Island Ecosystem LTER, MA (1999-2025).
Aboveground plant biomass and density is determined non-destructively during the growing season in permanent control and fertilized plots in a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh at Laws Point on the Rowley River within the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site.
Plant aboveground biomass dry weight record for Space for Time plots in PIE LTER.
Aboveground biomass measurements were conducted annually near peak biomass to evaluate aboveground plant production and determine differences in relation to other biotic and abiotic factors. In a 0.053 m2 plot, aboveground biomass was clipped to the soil surface at Space For Time plots, dried, and weighed to capture dry weight.
Plant heights from permanent plots in a Spartina alterniflora-dominated marsh, Nelson Island, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island Ecosystems LTER, MA (2019-2025).
Plant heights are measured during the growing season in permanent plots at a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh on Nelson Island, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, within the Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site. Plant heights are converted to plant weight using an algorithm to generate a non-destructive estimate of aboveground plant biomass.
CzechVeg-ESy: Expert system for automatic classification of vegetation plots from the Czech Republic
<p><strong>Expertní systém pro automatickou klasifikaci fytocenologických snímků z České republiky </strong><br> [popis a instrukce v češtině jsou uvedeny níže]</p> <p>***************************************************************************************************************</p> <p><strong>CzechVeg-ESy</strong> is an expert system for automatic classification of vegetation plots from the Czech Republic to the vegetation types defined in the monograph <em>Vegetation of the Czech Republic</em> (<a href="https://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/vegsci/vegetace.php?page=monograph&lang=en">Chytrý 2007-2013</a>). It is delivered in two main versions: The <strong>main version 1 (v1) </strong>is the original version used for the vegetation classification in that monograph, described in detail in its English Summary (<a href="https://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/chytry/Vegetation-Czech-Rep-Summary.pdf">Chytrý 2007</a>). Its subversions (indicated by dates) contains corrections of minor errors and species nomenclature. This version only classifies vegetation to the phytosociological associations. The <strong>main version 2 (v2)</strong> uses the same classification system as accepted in the <em>Vegetation of the Czech Republic</em>, but includes more advanced functions to provide more accurate classification. Moreover, it is hierarchical, performing classification not only to associations but also to alliances and classes (for the plots not classified at lower levels).</p> <p>Each version is delivered in two variants. The <strong>basic variant </strong>(CzechVeg-ESy-basic-v1.txt) assigns vegetation plots to associations following their formal definitions created using the Cocktail method (<a href="https://doi.org/10.2307/3236796">Bruelheide 2000</a>) modified by <a href="https://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/chytry/Koci_etal2003_JVS.pdf">Kočí et al (2003)</a>. These definitions are based on the presence of sociological species groups and the dominance of selected species. The expert system evaluates individual vegetation plots and assigns them to the associations. A classification process is considerably faster when the basic variant is used, as opposed to the full variant. The <strong>full variant</strong> (file CzechVeg-ESy-full-v1.txt) performs the same functions as the basic variant, but in addition, it can also assign the plots not classified by formal definitions based on their numerical similarity to the plots that fulfil the requirements of the formal definitions. Most of such plots can be considered as untypical from the phytosociological point of view, i.e. with poor correspondence to any of the defined vegetation types, in most cases because of the lack of ecologically specialized species. The method of similarity-based assignment is the Frequency-Positive Fidelity Index (FPFI) described in <a href="https://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/chytry/Koci_etal2003_JVS.pdf">Kočí et al. (2003)</a> and <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-004-5798-8">Tichý (2005)</a>.</p> <p><strong>Instructions for using CzechVeg-ESy version 1</strong></p> <ol> <li>Vegetation plots have to be stored in the TURBOVEG 2 program (<a href="https://www.synbiosys.alterra.nl/turboveg/">https://www.synbiosys.alterra.nl/turboveg/</a>) with the species list Czechia-Slovakia-2015 (contained in the file TurbovegSlBackup_Czechia_slovakia_2015.zip), which is largely compatible with the older species lists called Czechia-Slovakia-2012 and Central-Europe.</li> <li>Export plots from TURBOVEG 2 to a CC! file (Export / Other formats / JUICE input files) and import this file to the JUICE program (<a href="https://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/juice/">https://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/juice/</a>) using the species list in the file Checklist-Danihelka-et-al-2012-ver-2019-07-06.txt, which converts the plant nomenclature to correspond with the Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic (<a href="http://www.preslia.cz/P123Danihelka.pdf">Danihelka et al. 2012</a>).</li> <li>Select Analysis / Expert system in the JUICE program.</li> <li>Upload the expert system file (either CzechVeg-ESy-basic-v1.txt or CzechVeg-ESy-full-v1.txt) by pressing Load ES File button.</li> <li>Modify species nomenclature by pressing the Modify Species Names button.</li> <li>If there are juvenile species in the herb layer in the plots to be analysed, delete them by pressing Delete Juveniles button.</li> <li>In some cases, narrow species concepts were changed to broader concepts, resulting in repetitions of the same names in the table. These must be merged using the Merge Same Spec. Names button. This will also merge records of the same species in different vegetation layers because the expert system assumes that each species name is contained only once in the same plot.</li> <li>When using the full version of the expert system, a threshold similarity value for similarity-based assignment must be specified in the field in the bottom right part of the form. The higher the value, the fewer plots will be assigned, while only those plots will be assigned that have a high similarity to the association. If the threshold value is set to 0, all the plots will be assigned, but some of them may be very dissimilar to the associations which they are assigned to.</li> <li>Run expert system using the Classify Relevé button (a plot marked by a previous mouse click will be classified) or Classify [colour] Relevés button (all the plots of the selected colour will be assigned).</li> <li>If a single plot is classified, species groups present in this plot and the assignment of the plot to an association will be shown. If the plot is not classified, no association will be listed. Occasionally, a plot can be assigned to more than one association. If the full version of the expert system is used, the table will contain a list of associations ranked by decreasing similarity to the plot.</li> <li>If multiple plots are classified, association codes will appear in the header of those plots that were assigned based on the formal definitions. The legends for the codes can be found in a printed version of the <em>Vegetation of the Czech Republic</em>, in its online version (<a href="https://pladias.cz/en/vegetation/">https://pladias.cz/en/vegetation/</a>) or in the expert system txt file. Plots not assigned to any association will be marked with ? and those assigned to more than one association will be marked with +. If the full version of the expert system is used, the output will contain the most similar associations for those plots which have remained unassigned to associations or were assigned to more than one association.</li> <li>Using the formal definition, the expert system normally assigns some plots of a single vegetation stand to a certain association while other plots of the same stand remain unassigned. This means that the stand consists of patches with species composition typical of the given association and patches with a less typical species composition. If different plots from a single relatively homogeneous stand are assigned to different associations, it is appropriate to interpret the stand as transitional between these associations.</li> </ol> <p>This electronic publication of CzechVeg-ESy was supported by the Czech Science Foundation (grant no. 17-15168S).</p> <p>***************************************************************************************************************</p> <p><strong>CzechVeg-ESy</strong> je expertní systém pro automatickou klasifikaci fytocenologických snímků z České republiky do vegetačních typů definovaných v monografii <em>Vegetace České republiky </em>(<a href="https://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/vegsci/vegetace.php?lang=en&page=monograph">Chytrý 2007-2013</a>). Existují dvě hlavní verze tohoto expertního systému: <strong>Hlavní verze 1 (v1) </strong>je originální verze použitá pro klasifikaci v této národní vegetační monografii, která je podrobně popsaná v její metodické kapitole. Její dílčí verze (označené datem) obsahují opravy drobných chyb a nomenklatury druhů. Tato verze klasifikuje fytocenologické snímky pouze do fytocenologických asociací. <strong>Hlavní verze 2 (v2)</strong> používá stejný klasifikační systém, jaký byl použit ve Vegetaci České republiky, ale používá pokročilejší funkce umožňující přesnější klasifikaci. Tato verze také provádí hierarchickou klasifikaci nejen do asociací, ale také do svazů a tříd (pro snímky nezařazené do nižších jednotek).</p> <p>Každá verze má dvě varianty. <strong>Základní varianta </strong>(soubor CzechVeg-ESy-basic-v1.txt) přiřazuje fytocenologické snímky do asociací na základě jejich formálních definic vytvořených metodou Cocktail (<a href="https://doi.org/10.2307/3236796">Bruelheide 2000</a>) v úpravě podle práce <a href="https://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/chytry/Koci_etal2003_JVS.pdf">Kočí et al (2003)</a>. Tyto definice jsou založeny na prezenci sociologických skupin druhů a dominanci vybraných druhů. Expertní systém vyhodnocuje každý jednotlivý fytocenologický snímek v datovém souboru a řadí jej do asociace. Klasifikace pomocí základní varianty je výrazně rychlejší než klasifikace pomocí plné varianty. <strong>Plná varianta </strong>(soubor CzechVeg-ESy-full-v1.txt) zajišťuje stejné funkce jako základní varianta, ale navíc klasifikuje i snímky neklasifikované formálními definicemi, a to na základě jejich numerické podobnosti ke skupinám snímků, které vyhovují podmínkám formálních definic asociací. Většinu takových snímků lze považovat z fytocenologického hlediska za netypické porosty, tj. takové, které plně neodpovídají definovaným vegetačním typům, zpravidla kvůli absenci ekologicky specializovaných druhů. Klasifikace na základě podobnosti se počítá pomocí indexu FPFI (Frequency-Positive Fidelity Index), který definovali <a href="https://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/chytry/Koci_etal2003_JVS.pdf">Kočí et al. (2003)</a> a <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-004-5798-8">Tichý (2005)</a>.</p> <ol> <li>Fytocenologické snímky určené k analýze musí být uloženy v databázi v programu TURBOVEG 2 (<a href="https://www.synbiosys.alterra.nl/turboveg/">https://www.synbiosys.alterra.nl/turboveg/</a>) s druhovým seznamem Czechia-Slovakia-2015 (soubor TurbovegSlBackup_Czechia_slovakia_2015.zip), který je kompatibilní s druhovými seznamy Czechia-Slovakia-2012 a Central-Europe.</li> <li>Snímky se exportují z programu TURBOVEG 2 do souboru CC! (Export / Other formats / JUICE input files) a tento soubor se importuje do programu JUICE (<a href="https://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/juice/">https://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/juice/</a>) s použitím druhového seznamu v souboru Checklist-Danihelka-et-al-2012-ver-2019-07-06.txt, čímž se nomenklatura konvertuje do nomenklatury odpovídající Seznamu cévnatých rostlin květeny České republiky (<a href="http://www.preslia.cz/P123Danihelka.pdf">Danihelka et al. 2012</a>).</li> <li>V programu JUICE se zvolí menu Analysis / Expert system.</li> <li>Tlačítkem Load ES File se nahraje do paměti soubor s příslušným expertním systémem (buď CzechVeg-ESy-basic-v1.txt, nebo CzechVeg-ESy-full-v1.txt).</li> <li>Tlačítkem Modify Species Names se upraví nomenklatura druhů tak, aby odpovídala nomenklatuře používané expertním systémem.</li> <li>Obsahují-li snímky určené k analýze juvenilní dřeviny v bylinném patru, je potřeba je vymazat tlačítkem Delete Juveniles.</li> <li>Při převodu nomenklatury se v některých případech převedlo užší pojetí druhů na širší, čímž vznikly v tabulce druhové údaje vedené pod stejnými jmény. Ty je potřeba sloučit tlačítkem Merge Same Spec. Names. Přitom se sloučí i údaje stejného druhu v různých patrech, protože expertní systém předpokládá jen jeden výskyt stejného druhového jména v jednom snímku.</li> <li>Pokud je používána plná (Full) verze expertního systému, je potřeba v okénku vpravo dole nastavit prahovou hodnotu podobnosti pro přiřazování snímků k asociacím pomocí podobnosti. Čím vyšší hodnota, tím méně snímků se přiřadí, ale přiřadí se ty, které se dané asociaci více podobají. Při hodnotě 0 se přiřadí všechny snímky, ale některé budou dané asociaci velmi nepodobné.</li> <li>Spustí se běh expertního systému, a to buď tlačítkem Classify Relevé (bude se klasifikovat jeden snímek, na který se předtím kliklo myší) nebo Classify [colour] Relevés (budou se klasifikovat všechny snímky vybrané barvy).</li> <li>Při klasifikaci jednoho snímku se zobrazí v tabulce druhové skupiny, jejich zastoupení v daném snímku a asociace, do které byl snímek přiřazen pomocí formální definice. Pokud přiřazen nebyl, nezobrazí se žádná asociace. Snímek může být přiřazen i do více než jedné asociace. Při použití plné verze expertního systému se do tabulky vypíší asociace v pořadí klesající podobnosti ke snímku, a to u těch snímků, které nebyly přiřazeny do žádné asociace nebo byly přiřazeny do více než jedné asociace.</li> <li>Při klasifikaci více snímků se do záhlaví tabulky vepíší kódy asociací u těch snímků, které se přiřadily na základě formálních definic. Převod kódů na jména asociací lze dohledat v tištěné verzi <em>Vegetace České republiky</em>, v její online verzi (<a href="https://pladias.cz/en/vegetation/">https://pladias.cz/vegetation/</a>) nebo v textovém souboru expertního systému. U snímků, které se nepřiřadily k žádné asociaci, se v záhlaví zobrazí znak ?. U snímků přiřazených do více než jedné asociace se zobrazí znak +. Při použití plné verze expertního systému se do tabulky vypíší nejpodobnější asociace u těch snímků, které nebyly přiřazeny do žádné asociace nebo byly přiřazeny do více než jedné asociace.</li> <li>Expertní systém běžně přiřazuje pomocí formálních definic některé snímky v porostu nebo lokálně rozlišovaném rostlinném společenstvu do určité asociace a jiné do žádné asociace, což znamená, že se porost skládá z míst s druhovým složením typickým pro danou asociaci a míst s méně typickým druhovým složením. Pokud expertní systém přiřadí různé snímky z jednoho relativně homogenního porostu k různým asociacím, je vhodné porost interpretovat jako přechodný mezi těmito asociacemi.</li> </ol> <p>Tato elektronická publikace expertního systému CzechVeg-ESy byla podpořena Grantovou agenturou České republiky (grant 17-15168S).</p>
LAUT - Terrestrial and Personal laser scanner data from Austrian forest Inventory plots
<p>In forest inventory, trees are usually measured by handheld instruments; among the most relevant are calipers, inclinometers, ultrasonic devices, and laser range finders. Traditional forest inventory is nowadays redesigned, since modern laser scanner technology became available. Laser scanner generate massive data in the form of 3D point clouds. Novel methodology is currently developed to provide estimates of the tree positions, stem diameters, and tree heights from these 3D point clouds. This dataset was made publicly accessible to test new software routines for the automatic measurement of forest trees using laser scanner data. Benchmark studies with performance tests of different algorithms are welcome. The dataset contains co-registered raw 3D point-cloud data collected on 20 forest inventory sample plots in Austria. The data was collected by two different laser scanning systems: (i) a mobile personal laser scanner (PLS) (ZEB Horizon, GeoSLAM Ltd., Nottingham, UK), and (ii) a static terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) (Focus3D X330, Faro Technologies Inc., Lake Mary, FL, USA). The data also contains digital terrain models (DTM), field measurements as reference data (“ground-truth”), and the output of recent software routines for the automatic tree detection and the automatic stem diameter measurement.</p>
LAUTx - Individual Tree Point Clouds From Austrian Forest Inventory Plots
<p>This dataset contains manually segmented tree point clouds from Personal Laser Scanning (PLS) data, and additionally automatic segmented trees from the same point clouds. The raw point cloud data has been published in LAUT - Terrestrial and Personal laser scanner data from Austrian forest Inventory plots (<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3698956">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3698956</a>) and six of those plots were processed for this data. Purpose of this data is to serve as benchmarking for automatic tree segmentation algorithms.</p>
Longitudinal urban form dataset of Midtown Manhattan: Measuring urban form evolution via quantitative descriptions of plots, buildings and streets from 1890 to the present
<p>This dataset contains data described and used in the research article <strong>"The impact of urban form on physical change: A quantitative and diachronic analysis of urban form evolution in Midtown Manhattan"</strong>. </p> <p>The longitudinal dataset contains urban form data on nearly 17,000 individual plots (parcels) in Midtown Manhattan, documented through four subsequent time frames: 1890, 1920, 1956 and 2021. The data was compiled from historical cartographic resources and open-access geospatial datasets listed in the ReadMe file. </p> <p>The dataset includes an array of quantitative descriptions of plots, buildings and streets central to the field of urban morphology, and the binary information of physical change (1: change, 0: no change) identified via diachronic comparison of each time frame at the scale of plots.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Acknowledgements</strong></p> <p>The dataset presented in this repository has been generated as part of a PhD research conducted at the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning and funded by the University of Melbourne - Melbourne Research Scholarship: </p> <p><strong>Tümtürk, O</strong>. (2024). <strong>A data-driven investigation on urban form evolution: Methodological and empirical support for unravelling the relation between urban form and spatial dynamics</strong>. Unpublished PhD Thesis. The University of Melbourne, Australia. </p>
Data from: Structure and dynamics of secondary and mature rainforests: insights from South Asian long-term monitoring plots
<p><strong>1) DESCRIPTION </strong></p> <p>The dataset contains annual woody stems (shrubs and trees) census data collected from two long-term ecological monitoring plots spanning one hectare each in the Anamalai Hills of the Southern Western Ghats, India. These two plots represent one situated in a mature forest located within relatively undisturbed rainforest of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) and one in secondary forest on the Valparai Plateau, respectively. Both plots have been censused and measured from 2017 to 2022 following the standardized protocol (RAINFOR-GEM, Marthews et al. 2014).</p> <p><br><strong>2) CONTACTS</strong></p> <p>CONTACT #1<br>1. Name: Akhil Murali<br>2. Work Address: Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, 12th A Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570017, Karnataka, India<br>3. Work Phone: +91 82812 97441<br>4. Email address: akhil@ncf-india.org<br>5. ORCID: 0000-0001-6149-6458</p> <p>CONTACT #2<br>1. Name: Srinivasan Kasinathan<br>2. Work Address: Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, 12th A Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570017, Karnataka, India<br>3. Work Phone: +91 821 2515601<br>4. Email address: srini@ncf-india.org<br>5. ORCID: 0000-0001-7323-6653 </p> <p>CONTACT #3<br>1. Name: Kshama Bhat<br>2. Work Address: Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, 12th A Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570017, Karnataka, India<br>3. Work Phone: +91 821 2515601<br>4. Email address: kshama@ncf-india.org<br>5. ORCID: 000-0002-6190-2687</p> <p>CONTACT #4 <br>1. Name: Jayashree Ratnam <br>2. Work Address: National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, Karnataka, India<br>3. Work Phone: +91 80 23666001 <br>4. Email address: jratnam@ncbs.res.in <br>5. ORCID: 0000-0002-6568-8374</p> <p>CONTACT #5<br>1. Name: Mahesh Sankaran <br>2. Work Address: National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, Karnataka, India<br>3. Work Phone: +91 80 23666001<br>4. Email address: mahesh@ncbs.res.in <br>5. ORCID: 0000-0002-1661-6542</p> <p>CONTACT #6<br>1. Name: Divya Mudappa<br>2. Work Address: Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, 12th A Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570017, Karnataka, India<br>3. Work Phone: +91 821 2515601<br>4. Email address: divya@ncf-india.org<br>5. ORCID: 0000-0001-9708-4826</p> <p>CONTACT #7<br>1. Name: T. R. Shankar Raman<br>2. Work Address: Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, 12th A Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570017, Karnataka, India<br>3. Work Phone: +91 821 2515601<br>4. Email address: trsr@ncf-india.org<br>5. ORCID: 0000-0002-1347-3953</p> <p>CONTACT #8<br>1. Name: Anand M Osuri <br>2. Work Address: Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, 12th A Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570017, Karnataka, India<br>3. Work Phone: +91 821 2515601<br>4. Email address: aosuri@ncf-india.org <br>5. ORCID: 0000-0001-9909-5633</p> <p><br><strong>3) GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE and SITE DESCRIPTION</strong></p> <p>a) Site type: : Tropical Forest<br>b) Geography: : Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Southern Western Ghats.<br>c) Habit: : Mid elevation Wet evergreen Forest<br>d) Site History: : </p> <p>i) MANAMBOLI- The Mature Forest plot (10.357748° N, 76.889747° E; 825 m asl) is situated within a relatively undisturbed 200-hectare mid-elevation tropical wet evergreen rainforest tract at the core of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR). This area has been protected from logging and other significant disturbances since its establishment as a protected area in 1979.</p> <p>ii) CANDURA- The Secondary Forest plot (10.30855411° N, 76.83391853° E; 875 m asl) is situated within a 124-hectare rainforest remnant on the Valparai Plateau: the Candura rainforest remnant. The Candura site experienced episodic selective logging in the 1990s and early 2000s, with the last logging episode occurring in 2004. In the early 2000s, the understorey of the remnant was cleared for Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) cultivation in the central and southern parts (abandoned in 2007), robusta coffee (Coffea canephora) in the northwestern corner (abandoned in the early 2000s), and pepper in 21 hectares in the northeastern part (established in 2015, abandoned in 2021).</p> <p>Climate: Humid tropical with about 2400 mm rainfall annually, falling mainly during the southwest monsoon.</p> <p><br><strong>4) TEMPORAL COVERAGE</strong></p> <p>a) Begins: 2017-11-30 (Year, Month, Day)<br>b) Ends: 2022-11-12 (Year, Month, Day)</p> <p><br>5) SAMPLING DESIGN AND METHODS </p> <p>a) Plot Design: Each 1 ha plot of 100 m × 100 m, sub-divided into 100 continuous sub-plots of 10 m × 10 m, was surveyed and mapped to maximum accuracy using a theodolite in the field, with grid corners permanently staked. <br>b) Data collection period and frequency: After the plot establishment in NOvember -- December 2017, the plots were recensused each year (around November). <br>c) Research Methods: All woody plant individuals with girth at breast height (GBH, at 1.3 m) ≥10 cm were tagged with numbered aluminum tags and spatially mapped. Plant species were identified using standard floral keys. Stem GBH was measured for all single stemmed individuals. For trees with buttresses, the GBH point of measurement (POM) was taken at 50 cm above the buttresses or at the height where the stem is regular. New saplings that recruited into the ≥10 cm GBH class were identified, mapped, tagged, and added to the monitoring. Stems that appeared to be dead were recorded at each monitoring and those that showed no signs of recovery in subsequent visits were recorded as mortality.</p> <p><br><strong>6) FILES INCLUDED</strong></p> <p>The dataset includes the following 9 files, whose details and contents are explained below. (Wherever used in the various files, NA implies not available.)</p> <p>01_README.txt<br>Metadata (this file) including information on the dataset explaining associated files and their contents.</p> <p>02_Candura_annual_census.csv <br>This contains the Annual census data with the following column headings: <br>site: Site name (Can = Candura)<br>cno: Census Number (1 = 2017, 2 = 2018..., 6 = 2022)<br>ymd: Date in DD-MM-YYYY format (Day Month Year)<br>gno: Grid Number<br>tno: Unique tag number for the plant<br>pno: Pole Number (unique alphabetic code for each stem of multi-stemmed individuals)<br>sps: Species name as codes<br>lx: X coordinate of tree in the 10 m × 10 m subplot (in metres)<br>ly: Y coordinate of tree in the 10 m × 10 m subplot (in metres)<br>ht1: Point of measurement at 1.3 m above the ground or 50 cm above the top of the highest buttress or stilt root (POM1)<br>c1: Alive status of the stem at the POM1 (coded according Marthews et al. 2014, page: 97)<br>g1: Stem girth at POM1 (in centimetre)<br>ht2: 20 cm above the ht1 or point of measurement 2 (POM2) recording girth at which the dendroband is attached<br>c2: Alive status of the stem at the POM2 (coded acording Marthews et al. 2014, page: 97)<br>g2: Girth at POM2 (in centimetre)<br>dyn: whether the dendroband is attached to the tree or not (y-Yes, n-No)<br>da: alive status of stem (d-dead,a-alive)<br>remarks: remarks or notes</p> <p>03_Manamboly_annual_census.csv<br>This contains Annual census data with the following column headings: <br>site: Site name (Man = Manamboli)<br>cno: Census Number (1 = 2017, 2 = 2018..., 6 = 2022)<br>ymd: Date in DD-MM-YYYY format (Day Month Year)<br>gno: Grid Number<br>tno: Unique tag number for the plant<br>pno: Pole Number (unique alphabetic code for each stem of multi-stemmed individuals)<br>sps: Species name as codes<br>lx: X coordinate of tree in the 10 m × 10 m subplot (in metres)<br>ly: Y coordinate of tree in the 10 m × 10 m subplot (in metres)<br>ht1: Point of measurement at 1.3 m above the ground or 50 cm above the top of the highest buttress or stilt root (POM1)<br>c1: Alive status of the stem at the POM1 (coded according Marthews et al. 2014, page: 97)<br>g1: Stem girth at POM1 (in centimetre)<br>ht2: 20 cm above the ht1 or point of measurement 2 (POM2) recording girth at which the dendroband is attached<br>c2: Alive status of the stem at the POM2 (coded acording Marthews et al. 2014, page: 97)<br>g2: Girth at POM2 (in centimetre)<br>dyn: whether the dendroband is attached to the tree or not (y-Yes, n-No)<br>da: alive status of stem (d-dead,a-alive)<br>remarks: remarks or notes</p> <p>04_Candura_vernier.csv<br>This file has the girth measurement of trees with lianas where digital vernier calipers were used to measure stem diameter since it was not possible to measure stem girth using measuring tape.<br>site: Site name (Can = Candura)<br>cno: Census Number<br>ymd: Date in DD-MM-YYYY format (Day Month Year)<br>gno: Grid Number<br>tno: Unique tag number for the plant<br>pno: Pole Number (unique alphabetic code for each stem of multi-stemmed individuals)<br>sps: Species name as codes<br>vern1_d1 First measure of diameter at POM1 (in millimetre) <br>vern2_d1 Second measure of diameter at POM1 (in millimetre) <br>vern3_d1 Third measure of diameter at POM1 (in millimetre) <br>calc_g1: Girth at POM1 (in centimetre; calculated using the averaged value as diameter from the three measurements)<br>vern1_d2 First measure of diameter at POM2 (in millimetre) <br>vern2_d2 Second measure of diameter at POM2 (in millimetre) <br>vern3_d2 Third measure of diameter at POM2 (in millimetre) <br>calc_g2 Girth at POM2 (in centimetre; calculated using the averaged value as diameter from the three measurements)<br>Remarks Remarks and notes</p> <p>05_Manamboli_vernier.csv<br>This file has the girth measurement of trees with lianas where digital vernier calipers were used to measure stem diameter since it was not possible to measure stem girth using measuring tape.<br>site: Site name (Man = Manamboli)<br>cno: Census Number<br>ymd: Date in DD-MM-YYYY format (Day Month Year)<br>gno: Grid Number<br>tno: Unique tag number for the plant<br>pno: Pole Number (unique alphabetic code for each stem of multi-stemmed individuals)<br>sps: Species name as codes<br>vern1_d1 First measure of diameter at POM1 (in millimetre) <br>vern2_d1 Second measure of diameter at POM1 (in millimetre) <br>vern3_d1 Third measure of diameter at POM1 (in millimetre) <br>calc_g1: Girth at POM1 (in centimetre; calculated using the averaged value as diameter from the three measurements)<br>vern1_d2 First measure of diameter at POM2 (in millimetre) <br>vern2_d2 Second measure of diameter at POM2 (in millimetre) <br>vern3_d2 Third measure of diameter at POM2 (in millimetre) <br>calc_g2 Girth at POM2 (in centimetre; calculated using the averaged value as diameter from the three measurements)<br>Remarks Remarks and notes</p> <p>06_Candura_Height_data.csv<br>This contains data on the heights of individual trees in plot as measured in 2018.<br>site: Site name (Can = Candura)<br>ymd: Date in YYYY/MM/DD format (Year Month Day)<br>gno: Grid Number: <br>tno: unique tag number: <br>pno: Pole Number (unique alphabetic code for each stem of multi-stemmed individuals)<br>sps: Species name as codes: <br>lx: X coordinate of tree in the 10 m × 10 m subplot (in metres)<br>ly: Y coordinate of tree in the 10 m × 10 m subplot (in metres)<br>height: Height of tree in metres<br>remarks: Remarks: and notes</p> <p>07_Manamboli_Height_data.csv<br>This contains data on the heights of individual trees in plot as measured in 2018.<br>site: Site name (Man = Manamboli)<br>ymd: Date in YYYY-MM-DD format (Year Month Day)<br>gno: Grid Number: <br>tno: unique tag number: <br>pno: Pole Number (unique alphabetic code for each stem of multi-stemmed individuals)<br>sps: Species name as codes: <br>lx: X coordinate of tree in the 10 m × 10 m subplot (in metres)<br>ly: Y coordinate of tree in the 10 m × 10 m subplot (in metres)<br>height: Height of tree in metres<br>remarks: Remarks: and notes</p> <p>08_Species_name_match.csv<br>This file provides the combined list of species codes updated taxonomy and successional guild. Scientific names were updated to current taxonomy using the species name matching tool of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, GBIF (www.gbif.org).<br>sps: Species codes<br>query : Scientific name of the plant at the time of data collection: <br>scientificName: : with auther citation: <br>key: GBIF key<br>rank: Taxonomic rank or level of identification (GENUS, SPECIES)<br>kingdom: Taxonomic Kingdom (plants) provided by GBIF name matching tool: <br>phylum: Taxonomic Phylum provided by GBIF name matching tool<br>class: Taxonomic Class provided by GBIF name matching tool<br>order: Taxonomic Order provided by GBIF name matching tool<br>family: Taxonomic Family provided by GBIF name matching tool<br>genus: Taxonomic Genus provided by GBIF name matching tool<br>botanical_name: Updated scientific name of the species provided by GBIF name matching tool<br>habt_new: Successional guild of the species (Mature = mature forest species; Secondary = secondary successional species; Int - Introduced species)</p> <p>09_R_scrpt_for_manuscript.R<br>Text file with code in the R statistical and programming environment (www.r-project.org).</p> <p><br><strong>Reference</strong><br>Marthews TR, Riutta T, Oliveras Menor I, Urrutia R, Moore S, Metcalfe D, Malhi Y, Phillips O, Huaraca Huasco W, Ruiz Jaén M, Girardin C, Butt N, Cain R and colleagues from the RAINFOR and GEM networks (2014). Measuring Tropical Forest Carbon Allocation and Cycling: A RAINFOR-GEM Field Manual for Intensive Census Plots (v3.0). Manual, Global Ecosystems Monitoring network, http: //gem.tropicalforests.ox.ac.uk/.</p> <p> </p>
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