Biomass and nutritional qualities of six regenerating hardwood species in the Allegheny hardwood forest type

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_metadata_RDS-2023-0058.html   Metadata file in HTML format containing a description of the content, quality, and other characteristics of the data.
_metadata_RDS-2023-0058.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-separated values (CSV) file containing a list and description of variables found in all data files.
allegheny_biomass_deerdays.csv \Data CSV file containing total browsable biomass and estimated nutritional carrying capacity (i.e., Deer days per hectare) based on six dominant regenerating hardwood species (Acer rubrum, Fagus grandifolia, Fraxinus americana, Betula sp., Prunus pensylvanica, and P. serotina) for sixteen regenerating Allegheny hardwood forest sites in northwestern Pennsylvania. Data are provided as averages by treatment (Fence and Control).
allegheny_nutrition.csv \Data CSV file containing browsable biomass for both stem and leaf tissue as well as average nutritional quality data (Neutral Detergent Fiber [NDF], Dry Matter Digestibility [DMD], and Digestible Protein [DP]) for sixteen regenerating Allegheny hardwood forest sites in northwestern Pennsylvania. Data are provided by treatment (Fence and Control) and species, for six dominant regenerating hardwood species (Acer rubrum, Fagus grandifolia, Fraxinus americana, Betula sp., Prunus pensylvanica, and P. serotina).
allegheny_site_info.csv \Data CSV file containing the UTM coordinates and elevations of all 16 study sites.
allegheny_site_map.pdf \Supplements Portable Document Format file containing a map of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania showing the geographic location of all 16 study sites.