Precommercial thinning x fertilization study data from the Penobscot Experimental Forest
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Identification_Information:
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Citation:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Brissette, John C.
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Originator: Kenefic, Laura S.
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Originator: Russell, Matthew B.
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Publication_Date: 2012
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Title:
Precommercial thinning x fertilization study data from the Penobscot Experimental Forest- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
- Publication_Information:
- Publication_Place: Newtown Square, PA
- Publisher: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
- Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2012-0009
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Description:
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Abstract:
- This data publication contains the data from the precommercial thinning by fertilization study initiated in 1976 and collected under the study plan: 4100-FS-NE-1101-58 "Study Plan: Cultural treatments designed to reduce spruce sawlog rotation age - an early release and fertilization study" (see Methodology citation section). Fertilizer treatments were non- fertilized and fertilized with granulated lime stone. Precommercial thinning treatments were no-release, spaced, row thinning with crop tree release, and row thinning with no crop tree release. Data include treatment information as well as tree species, diameter at breast height, height, height to crown base, and crown width measured periodically since 1976. Data are currently available through 2008.
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Purpose:
- The primary objective of this study was to quantify crop tree response to treatment.
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Supplemental_Information:
- * This metadata applies to the raw data available through the full data publication download. Summary data available through the online query are calculated based on user selections and should be carefully interpreted.
Original metadata was created on 09/27/2012. Minor metadata updates made on 11/18/2014. Minor metadata updates on 12/09/2016.
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Beginning_Date: 1976
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Ending_Date: 2008
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Currentness_Reference:
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Status:
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Progress: In work
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Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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- The 1619 hectare Penobscot Experimental Forest is located in the towns of Bradley and Eddington, Maine.
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Theme_Keyword: forest stand dynamics
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Theme_Keyword: tree regeneration
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Theme_Keyword: tree and stand growth
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Theme_Keyword: precommercial thinning
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Theme_Keyword: fertilization
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Theme_Keyword: balsam fir
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Place_Keyword: Penobscot Experimental Forest
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Place_Keyword: Maine
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Access_Constraints: None
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Use_Constraints:
- These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the following citation:
Brissette, John C.; Kenefic, Laura S.; Russell, Matthew B. 2012. Precommercial thinning x fertilization study data from the Penobscot Experimental Forest. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2012-0009
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Point_of_Contact:
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Contact_Information:
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Contact_Person_Primary:
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Contact_Person: Laura S. Kenefic
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Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
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Contact_Address:
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Address_Type: mailing and physical
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Address: Penobscot Experimental Forest
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Address: 686 Government Road
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City: Bradley
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State_or_Province: ME
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Postal_Code: 04411
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Country: USA
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Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207-581-2794
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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
lkenefic@fs.fed.us
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Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
\Supplements\Map_PEF_SilviculturalStudy.jpg
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Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
- Map showing the location of this study in the Penobscot Experimental Forest.
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Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PDF
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Data_Set_Credit:
- Data for this study were provided by a unit of the Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, located at the Penobscot Experimental Forest in Maine. Significant funding for collection of these data was provided by the USDA Forest Service.
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Native_Data_Set_Environment:
- Experiment data are primarily managed in a Microsoft Access relational database management system.
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Cross_Reference:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Weiskittel, A.R.
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Originator: Kenefic, L.S.
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Originator: Li, R.
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Originator: Brissette, J.C.
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Publication_Date: 2011
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Title:
Stand structure and composition 32 years after precommercial thinning treatments in a mixed northern conifer stand in central Maine- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
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- Series_Name: Northern Journal of Applied Forestry
- Issue_Identification: 28(2): 92-96
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- 4 p.
- Online_Linkage: //www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/38478
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Cross_Reference:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Brissette, J.C.
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Originator: Frank, Jr. R.M.
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Originator: Stone, T.L.
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Originator: Skratt, T.A.
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Publication_Date: 1999
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Title:
Precommercial thinning in a northern conifer stand: 18-year results- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
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- Series_Name: The Forestry Chronicle
- Issue_Identification: 75 (6): 967-972
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- 5 p.
- Online_Linkage: //www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/19620
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Data_Quality_Information:
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Attribute_Accuracy:
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Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Logical_Consistency_Report:
- Data collected at previous inventory are carried to the field to ensure that new data measurements agree with the last measurement. After data are entered, the original field sheets are compared to digital data to ensure data were entered correctly. If there are data with obvious errors, researchers went back to the field to re-measure / ensure measurements were correct.
For more details see the Methodology citation section for applicable study plan and supplemental materials (which are all available through full data publication download).
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Completeness_Report:
- Not all variables were measured for each inventory. This is noted in the Entity and Attributes overview section as well.
For INV 9 (2008): Only the Control and Spacing (crop tree release on 8x8-foot spacing) treatments were measured; the Row-Release and Row-No Release treatments were not measured in this inventory. This is the only year in which treatments were subsampled.
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Methodology:
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Methodology_Type: Field
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Methodology_Description:
- Precommercial Thinning and Fertilization Study (Study 58)
The experimental design is a factorial arrangement of four methods of precommercial thinning (PCT) and two levels of fertilization. Fertilizer treatments included a control (no fertilizer) and fertilization with granulated limestone (spring of 1977) and urea (spring of 1978). The eight treatment combinations (management units, MUs), with four replications of each, were assigned completely at random to experimental units (plots), 100x100-feet each. The stand had previously been regenerated with two-stage shelterwood; all submerchantable and unmerchantable trees that remained in the experimental units were cut prior to PCT.
The PCT treatments, applied between April and August 1976, included: (1) Control: no PCT; (2) Row with No Release: 5-foot row thinning with no crop tree release in 3-foot residual strips; (3) Row-Release: 5-foot row thinning with crop-tree release at 8-foot intervals in the 3-foot residual strips; and (4) Spacing: selected crop trees released at about 8-foot intervals. Crop-tree selection favored red or white spruce. Where spruce was absent at the desired location, balsam fir, eastern white pine, quality hardwoods, eastern hemlock, or other species were selected in that order. Selected crop trees were at least 1.0 foot tall; their crowns had full or nearly full foliage on at least three sides.
Following PCT treatment, a 64x 64-foot measurement plot was established in each experimental unit. Crop trees were labeled on these plots and were measured periodically. Data include: root collar diameter measured up to 1991(to the nearest 0.1 inch), diameter at breast height measured for all years (to the nearest 0.1 inch), crown width (to the nearest 0.1 foot), height, and height to crown base.
Note: Base of the live crown (for crown length and height to crown base measurements) is defined as the point of attachment of the lowest live branch, excluding any that appear to be dying. However, in 1994 (inventory 7), base of the live crown was defined as the lowest whorl, or if the lowest whorl had less than three branches, the point of attachment of the third lowest branch.
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Methodology_Citation:
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Citation_Information:
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Originator: Frank, Robert M.
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Originator: Blum, Barton M.
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Publication_Date: Unpublished material
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Title:
Cultural Treatments Designed to Reduce Spruce Sawlog Rotation Age - an Early Release and Fertilization Study- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
- Series_Information:
- Series_Name: 4110-FS-NE-1101-58
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- Other_Citation_Details:
- 41 pp.; Approved in 1975; Available through full data publication download
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Process_Description:
- No process steps have been described for this data set
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Process_Date: Unknown
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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Overview_Description:
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Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
- DATA DESCRIBED BELOW ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH FULL DATA PUBLICATION DOWNLOAD:
This data publication contains one main data set (found in the \Data folder in full data publication download), and multiple additional files (found in \Supplements) that are crucial to understanding these data. Below is a list of these files and the variables they contain.
PCT x FERTILIZATION (\Data\PCT and fertilization.csv) - Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing the following variables:
EXPID = experiment ID number;
TRTCODE = treatment code (1=no release and no fertilizer, 2=no release and fertilizer, 3=spacing and no fertilizer, 4=spacing and fertilizer, 5=row release and no fertilizer, 6=row release and fertilizer, 7=row with no release and no fertilizer, and 8=row with no release and fertilizer);
FERTTRT = fertilization code (1=fertilized with granulated limestone, 0=0 not fertilized);
PCTTRT = pre-commercial thinning treatment code (1=no release, 2=crop trees were spaced at intervals of 8 x8 feet, 3=mechanical row thinning with crop-tree release, 4=mechanical row thinning with no crop tree release);
PLOT = permanent sample plot number located within management unit (1-32);
INV = sequential inventory number (1-10);
YEAR = year of inventory;
SPECIESCODE = species code (see \Supplements\Codes_USFSspID.pdf for a description of each species code);
COMMENTS = comments on tree *only recorded in Inv 8-9;
TREENUM = tree number;
BROWSE = a code for whether or not the tree was browsed (1=not browsed, 2=browsed, 3=unknown) *only recorded in Inv 1-4;
DBH = tree diameter at breast height (inches) *Inv 1-8 measured dbh to nearest 0.01 inches and Inv 9 measured to nearest 0.1 inches;
HT = total tree height (feet) *for all trees in INV 1-8 and a subsample of trees in INV 9-10;
RCD = diameter at root collar (inches) *for trees in Inv 1-6;
CL = crown length (feet) *for trees in Inv 1-7;
BLC = height to base of live crown (feet) *for all trees in INV 1-8 and a subsample of trees in INV 9-10;
CW = crown width (feet) *for trees in Inv 1-7;
STdiam = stump diameter (inches) *for trees in Inv 7;
CC = crown class (D=dominant, C=codominant, I=intermediate, O=overtopped) *for trees in Inv 8;
CRN = crown radii north (feet) *for a subsample of trees in Inv 8;
CRE = crown radii east (feet) *for a subsample of trees in Inv 8;
CRS = crown radii south (feet) *for a subsample of trees in Inv 8; and
CRW = crown radii west (feet) *for a subsample of trees in Inv 8.
INVENTORY (\Supplements\InventoryDates_PEF_PCTxFert.csv) - Comma-delimited ASCII text file of inventory dates containing the following variables:
EXPID = experiment ID number;
TYPE = type of measurement;
TRTCODE = treatment code (1=no release and no fertilizer, 2=no release and fertilizer, 3=spacing and no fertilizer, 4=spacing and fertilizer, 5=row release and no fertilizer, 6=row release and fertilizer, 7=row with no release and no fertilizer, and 8=row with no release and fertilizer);
INV = sequential inventory number;
INVYEAR = year of inventory; and
STUDYPLAN = name of study plan file that describes methods used for that inventory.
SPECIES CODES (\Supplements\Codes_USFSspID.pdf) - Adobe Acrobat PDF file of detailed species code information such as:
USFSspID = species code;
COMMON NAME = common name for species;
SCIENTIFICNAME = scientific name for species;
STARTYEAR = first year this code was used; and
ENDYEAR = last year this code was used.
* Note that summary statistics of the data above can be calculated using the online query tool. Be aware that calculations are based on user selections and should be carefully interpreted.
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Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
- For more details see the Methodology citation section for applicable study plan and supplemental materials (which are all available through full data publication download).
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Distribution_Information:
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Contact_Information:
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Contact_Organization_Primary:
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Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Research and Development
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Contact_Position: Research Data Archivist
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Contact_Address:
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Address_Type: mailing and physical
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Address: 240 West Prospect Road
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City: Fort Collins
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State_or_Province: CO
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Postal_Code: 80526
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Country: USA
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Contact_Voice_Telephone: see Contact Instructions
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Contact Instructions: This contact information was current as of December 2016. For current information see Contact Us page on: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS.
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Resource_Description: RDS-2012-0009
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The metadata, data, or related materials may be updated without notification. If a user believes errors are present in the metadata, data or related materials, please use the information in (1) Identification Information: Point of Contact, (2) Metadata Reference: Metadata Contact, or (3) Distribution Information: Distributor to notify the author or the Archive of the issues.
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Metadata_Date: 20161209
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Contact_Person_Primary:
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Contact_Person: Laura S. Kenefic
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Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
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Address: Penobscot Experimental Forest
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Address: 686 Government Road
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City: Bradley
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State_or_Province: ME
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Postal_Code: 04411
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Country: USA
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Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207-581-2794
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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
lkenefic@fs.fed.us
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