Title:

Luquillo Experimental Forest canopy trimming experiment data

Author(s):

González, Grizelle; Van Beusekom, Ashley E.; Stankavich, Sarah; Zimmerman, Jess K.; Ramírez, Alonso

Publication Year:

2019

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González, Grizelle; Van Beusekom, Ashley E.; Stankavich, Sarah; Zimmerman, Jess K.; Ramírez, Alonso. 2019. Luquillo Experimental Forest canopy trimming experiment data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2019-0051

Abstract:

This data publication contains average daily means for field and satellite data from 3 treated and 3 control plots from the Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) located near El Verde Field Station (419 meters; 18°20’ N, 65°49’ W) in the Luquillo Experimental Forest (El Yunque National Forest), Puerto Rico collected from 2003 through 2019. In spring of 2005 (CTE1) and December of 2014 (CTE2), in 0.09 hectare (ha) square plots near the El Verde Field Station the forest canopy was trimmed and the canopy debris was littered to the forest floor. The plot size and trim amounts were based on the patch disturbance after the two most recent hurricanes before 2017, both category 3 hurricanes at the location of El Verde: Hugo in September 1989, and Georges in September 1998 (Zimmerman et al. 2014). Details of the trimming and littering treatment, as well as the biotic response to the 2005 experiment have been extensively documented (Richardson et al. 2010; Shiels et al. 2014, 2015; Shiels and González 2014). The data were collected in the inner 0.04 ha quadrants of the 0.09 ha trimmed plots to minimize edge effects. There were 3 sets of control and treated plots, with each set near El Verde field station. Field data include: solar radiation, throughfall, air temperature, soil temperature, relative humidity shallow soil, volumetric water content, soil profile volumetric water content, canopy leaf saturation, litter leaf saturation, and above canopy air temperature. Satellite data include: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) leaf area index converted into solar radiation, MODIS land surface temperature, and Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) soil volumetric water content.

Keywords:

disturbance; hurricanes; tropical forests; biota; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; Climate change; Climate change effects; Forest & Plant Health; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Luquillo Experimental Forest; El Verde Field Station; El Yunque National Forest; Luquillo Mountains; Puerto Rico

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• Van Beusekom, Ashley E.; González, Grizelle; Stankavich, Sarah; Zimmerman, Jess K.; Ramírez, Alonso. 2020. Understanding tropical forest abiotic response to hurricanes using experimental manipulation field observations, and satellite data. Biogeosciences. 17(12): 3149-3163. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2019-357 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/60352
• Zimmerman, Jess K.; Hogan, James Aaron; Shiels, Aaron B.; Bithorn, John E.; Carmona, Samuel Matta; Brokaw, Nicholas. 2014. Seven-year responses of trees to experimental hurricane effects in a tropical rainforest, Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management. 332: 64-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.02.029 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/49018
• Richardson, Barbara A.; Richardson, Michael J.; González, Grizelle; Shiels, Aaron B.; Srivastava, Diane S. 2010. A canopy trimming experiment in Puerto Rico: the response of litter invertebrate communities to canopy loss and debris deposition in a tropical forest subject to hurricanes. Ecosystems. 13(2): 286-301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-010-9317-6
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