Tree DBH (Raw Data) — Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)

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Diameter at breast height (DBH) of individual trees of the MCSE Coniferous (CF) and Deciduous (DF) Forest sites, measured annually during winter (usually January) at 4 points along the stem for all trees >5 cm DBH.

This datatable is part of the Production of Forested Systems of the Main Cropping System Experiment dataset. This dataset contains the data needed to determine aboveground net primary production (ANPP) in the Coniferous (CF) and Deciduous (DF) Forest sites of the LTER Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE). Allometric equations are used to estimate the standing woody biomass (since 1998) of each tree, based on the diameter at breast height (DBH; for trees >5 cm in diameter), typically measured in January. Annual woody production is estimated as the difference in the woody biomass of each tree between consecutive years and annual primary production as the sum of annual woody production and leaf production. Leaf production is estimated as the biomass of leaf litter collected in litter traps deployed in late summer through leaf fall. Litter collected from Poplar (T5) and Mid-successional (TSF) plots is also included.

Note

Experiment: Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)
Data available from: December 1998 to March 2012
Dataset: KBS045
Datatable ID: KBS019-017.78
Core Areas Primary Production,Populations,Disturbance
Repository link: http://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/b07ff1f1366f4252d651f2b45710f3d8
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Last Updated 2023-08-21
Variate Description Units
sample date day the tree was measured
year sample year (this is the year to which the sample is assigned, even if the actual sample date is in the following year)
treatment treatment sampled
replicate replicate sampled
tree id id of the tree sampled
species species sampled
color location of the dbh measurement
dbh diameter measured
estimated Set to true if the dbh has been estimated from the previous and following years.

Data Excerpt

sample_date year treatment replicate tree_id species color dbh estimated
2020 DF 3 1011 Prunus serotina Ehrh. (*) blue false
2020 DF 3 1011 Prunus serotina Ehrh. (*) orange false
2020 DF 3 1011 Prunus serotina Ehrh. (*) red false
2020 DF 3 1011 Prunus serotina Ehrh. (*) white false
2022-02-11 2021 CF 2 233 Pinus strobus L. (*) blue 27.0 false
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