Top Tree Species in the forested treatments — Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)

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This datatable is derived from the woody biomass survey by dividing the individual species biomass by the total plot biomass and then taking the average of the proportions over each treatment.

This datatable is part of the Forest Increment Survey dataset. In 1998, a new protocol was instituted for measuring the diameters of every tree greater than 5 cm dbh in the coniferous and deciduous forest plots. Trees are usually measured in January. Exponential equations are used to estimate tree mass for each year. The goal is to estimate wood production for any given time period (usually one year) as the difference between two estimates of mass.

Note

Experiment: Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)
Data available from: January 1998 to January 2012
Dataset: KBS045
Datatable ID: KBS019-020.64
Repository link: http://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/b07ff1f1366f4252d651f2b45710f3d8
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Last Updated 2022-03-16
Variate Description Units
Year The year the sample was taken
Treatment The treatment the sample was taken from
Species The species sampled
Avg Proportion The average proportion of the total biomass that was composed of this species g/g

Data Excerpt

year treatment species avg_proportion
2021 CF Catalpa speciosa Warder
2021 CF Pinus strobus L. (*) 0.3891893142064464
2021 CF Prunus serotina Ehrh. (*) 0.2224269039534852
2021 CF Pinus resinosa Aiton (*) 0.20961376775404128
2021 CF Picea abies (L.) Karsten (*) 0.08546989521549843
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