Fort Valley Experimental Forest G. A. Pearson Natural Area forest restoration site: tree overstory, herbaceous understory, fuels, and repeat photographs database

Research Data Publication File Index

File Folder Description
_metadata_RDS-2021-0079.html   Metadata file in HTML format containing a description of the content, quality, and other characteristics of the data.
_metadata_RDS-2021-0079.xml   Metadata file in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format containing a description of the content, quality, and other characteristics of the data.
_variable_descriptions.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text (CSV) file containing a list and description of all of the variables found in both the ACCDB file and the CSV version of these data in \Data\Individual_tables.
FVEF_GAPNA_Res_Exp_Site_2021-08-20.accdb \Data Microsoft Access Database file containing fuel, herbaceous biomass, condition, overstory, plot, subplot, treatment, plant, and scorch associated with the plot photographs. (Data tables within this file are also provided as individual comma-delimited ASCII text files in the \Data\Individual_tables folder.)
GPYY###*.TIF \Data\FVEF_GAPNA_site_photos\YYYY TIF image files (124 per year) containing high resolution Fort Valley Experimental Forest G.A. Pearson Natural Area (FVEF GAPNA) photographs, showing pre- and post-burn plots between 1992 and 1998 (YYYY). Photos were taken with 35 millimeter camera, converted to slides and then scanned at 600 dots per inch (dpi) as TIF. Filenames are comprised of the 2-letter site code "GP", followed by the 2-digit year of capture (YY), followed by a 3-digit grid number (###), and ending in A, B, C or D (*). The A, B, C and D photographs are each 90 degrees of each other from the subplot center (a few photopoints also have additional photographs E-H).
GPNAYY###*.JPG \Data\FVEF_GAPNA_site_photos\YYYY JPEG image files (124 per year) containing high resolution FVEF GAPNA photographs, showing pre- and post-burn plots between 1999 and 2019 (YYYY). Photographs were taken in born-digital format at the highest available resolution at the time of capture. Filenames are comprised of the 4-letter site code "GPNA", followed by 2-digit year of capture (YY), followed by a 3-digit grid number (###), followed by "T" (treated) or "C"(control) and the azimuth of that photo (*).
tblFuels.csv \Data\Individual_tables CSV file containing Brown's transect fuels measurements.
tblFuelsRotten.csv \Data\Individual_tables CSV file containing Brown's transect rotten fuels measurements.
tblFuelsSound.csv \Data\Individual_tables CSV file containing Brown's transect sound fuels measurements.
tblHerbaceous.csv \Data\Individual_tables CSV file containing plant data recorded from two 1-meter square quadrats within each subplot.
tblLU_ConditionTypes.csv \Data\Individual_tables CSV file containing a reference lookup table listing all condition classes codes and descriptions. Used by tblOverstory table.
tblLU_OverstoryPlots.csv \Data\Individual_tables CSV file containing a reference lookup table listing all overstory plots for tree data. Used by tblOverstory table.
tblLU_SubplotOrientation.csv \Data\Individual_tables CSV file containing a reference lookup table lists of direction of herbaceous subplot measurements.
tblLU_SubPlots.csv \Data\Individual_tables CSV file containing a reference lookup table listing all Strata - Experimental Plot (Grid#) and Subplot, static information.
tblLU_Trts.csv \Data\Individual_tables CSV file containing a reference lookup table listing Treatment codes and descriptions.
tblLUPlants_FVEF_GAPNA.csv \Data\Individual_tables CSV file containing a reference lookup table for all plants at this site.
tblOverstory.csv \Data\Individual_tables CSV file containing measurement data for trees.
tblOverstoryScorchChar.csv \Data\Individual_tables CSV file containing tree burn data after plots were burned treated in 2015.
Fig1_FVEF_GAPNA_map_1992gridlines.pdf \Supplements Portable Document Format (PDF) containing a FVEF GAPNA decommissioned area restoration treatment research site map in 1992 showing original grid lines overlain on the original FVEF 1920 S6A study.
Fig2_FVEF_GAPNA_map_EcolRestorationTrts.pdf \Supplements PDF file containing a FVEF GAPNA decommissioned area study site map in 1992 (corrected in 2018) showing plots, ecological restoration treatments, and subplots within each plot.
FVEF_GAPNA_photopoint_locations_template.pdf \Supplements PDF file containing a template with the list FVEF GAPNA plots along with their bearings, treatment, reference information, and blank fields where photographer, date, and photograph numbers can be entered.
FVEF_GAPNA_photopoint_map.pdf \Supplements PDF file containing a FVEF GAPNA decommissioned area restoration treatment research site map that includes the approximate location of GAPNA photo points.
FVEF_GAPNA_ResExpSite_database_metadata_report.pdf \Supplements PDF file containing a printed report of .accdb data including tblFuels, tblFuelsRotten, tblFuelsSound, tblHerbaceous, tblLU ConditionTypes, tblLU OverstoryPlots, tblLU SubplotOrientation, tblLU SubPlots, tblLU Trts, tblLUPlants FVEF GAPNA, tblOverstory, tblOverstoryScorchChar.
FVEF_GAPNA_ResExpSite_photo_documentation.pdf \Supplements PDF file containing an explanation of photographic method, file types, and naming conventions used for plot photographs.
Moore_1002868_ResExpSite_NoCost_Extension_Request_July 2018.pdf \Supplements PDF file containing a request for 'no-cost' grant extension in July 2018.
Moore_etal_GAPNA_FV_Conf.pdf \Supplements PDF file containing a paper about Ecological Restoration Experiments (1992-2007) at the G.A. Pearson Natural Area, Fort Valley Experimental Forest that was included in the 100-yr Conference Proceedings held in Flagstaff, AZ, Aug 2008.
Moore_etal_JFSP_15-1-07-1_final_report_Sep2019.pdf \Supplements PDF file containing the 2019 Joint Fire Science Program final report "Restoration experiments in ponderosa pine at Fort Valley Experimental Forest: Twenty years post-fire".
Moore_JFSP_15-1-07_Proposal_Body_FINAL.pdf \Supplements PDF file containing a project initiation proposal to conduct Restoration experiments in ponderosa pine at Ft Valley Experimental Forest: Twenty years post-fire.
Moore_JFSP_DataMgtPlan_FINAL.pdf \Supplements PDF file containing a proposal to remeasure vegetation and fuel in years 2015-2018 and store data 1992-2018 in Access database.
SAF_2017_Tour_GAPNA_OnePager_FINAL.pdf \Supplements PDF file containing a mid-project summary for a tour conducted in 2017.