Overstory tree and regeneration data from the "Silvicultural Effects on Composition, Structure, and Growth" study at Penobscot Experimental Forest (2nd Edition)

Research Data Product File Index

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_metadata_RDS-2012-0008-2.html   Metadata file in HTML format containing a description of the content, quality, and other characteristics of the data.
_metadata_RDS-2012-0008-2.xml   Metadata file in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format containing a description of the content, quality, and other characteristics of the data.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_HeightCrownData.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing height and crown measurements for a subsample of USFS CFI plots, collected from 2000 through 2014.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_PlotLocationsData.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing permanent sample plot location information.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_RegenerationData.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing plot regeneration data from 1964 through 2014.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_SpatialTreeLocationsData.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing tree location data in relation to plot center from 2000 through 2014.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_TreeData.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing live tree data from 1952 through 2014, mortality data from 1959 through 2014, and deadwood data from 1996 through 2014.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_UnderstoryVegData.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing the understory vegetation data collected from 2000 through 2014.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_ActivityDates_INV_REGEN.csv \Supplements Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing numbers and dates of regeneration inventories in each management unit (MU) in the compartment management study (CMS).
PEF_CompartmentStudy_ActivityDates_INV_TREE.csv \Supplements Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing numbers and dates of tree inventories in each management unit (MU) in the compartment management study (CMS).
PEF_CompartmentStudy_ActivityDates_TRMT.csv \Supplements Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing numbers and dates of treatments in each management unit (MU) in the compartment management study (CMS).
PEF_CompartmentStudy_DatabaseChangesV1toV2.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF\a file containing a list of changes between the previously published compartment study database and the current compartment study database.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_Kcodes.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF\a file containing descriptions of tree condition codes.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_Map.jpg \Supplements JPEG file containing an image showing the location of management units in the Penobscot Experimental Forest Silvicultural Study.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_MUdesc.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF\a file containing descriptions of management units.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_PlotLayouts.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF\a file containing line graphs showing the Permanent Sample Plot (PSPs, also called Continuous Forest Inventory, CFI) layouts across the years.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_SpeciesCodes.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF\a file containing descriptions of species codes.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_StudyPlan1953.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF\a file containing the 1953 study plan: "Working Plan for Pilot Operation Study: Spruce-Fir Managmeent, Penobscot Experimental Forest".
PEF_CompartmentStudy_StudyPlan1962.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF\a file containing the 1962 study plan: "Revised Working Plan for the Compartment Management Study: Spruce-Fir Managment, Penobscot Experimental Forest".
PEF_CompartmentStudy_StudyPlan1974.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF\a file containing the 1974 study plan: "Revised Study Plan for Compartment Management Study: Spruce-Fir Managment, Penobscot Experimental Forest".
PEF_CompartmentStudy_StudyPlan2008.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF\a file containing the 2008 study plan: "Silvicultural Effects on Composition, Structure and Growth of Northern Conifers in the Acadian Forest Region: Revision of the Compartment Management Study on the Penobscot Experimental Forest". Document also contains memos on new methods employed in 2010 for sapling plots and species codes for spruce regeneration.
PEF_CompartmentStudy_StudyPlan2008Addendum.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF\a file containing an addendum the 2008 study plan.
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