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Long-term Canopy Dynamics in an Old-Growth Forest

This dataset follows the canopy dynamics of an old growth forest in northern Michigan. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Dukes Research Natural Area, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan (46 o 02' N, 87 o 09' W) Sites Georefferenced: No Timespan: 1935 - 2004; stem mapping starts 1989 Sampling Frequency: various,...MORE

Demography of Mint in Florida Scrub

This dataset follows endemic mint species in Florida to observe the population demography as well as response to fire. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Archibold Biological Station, Florida (27 o 10' 50" N, 81 o 21' 00" W) Sites Georefferenced: Yes Timespan: 1988-2004 Sampling Frequency: Monthly - Quarterly Methods:...MORE

Vascular Plants of the North Carolina Piedmont Forest

This dataset uses a forest community to assess the effects of scale on plant biodiversity as well as the effect of a huricane disturbance. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Oosting Natural Area, Duke Forest, North Carolina (79.057 o W, 35.976 o N) Sites Georefferenced: No Timespan: 1989-1998 Sampling Frequency:...MORE

Colorado Butterfly Diversity

This dataset decribes the response of grassland butterfly diversity to habitat and urbanization. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Boulder County Open Space, Boulder, Colorado (40 o 00'54" N, 105 o 16'12" W) Sites Georefferenced: No Timespan: 1999-2000 Sampling Frequency: twice 1999 (July, August), thrice 2000 (June, July, August) Methods:...MORE

Old-growth Lowland Tropical Rain Forest Tree Performance

This dataset follows a lowland tropical rain forest for 17 years in Costa Rica. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives (1983-1993) , Ecological Archives Update (1993-2000) Site Location: La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica (10 o 26' N, 83 o 59' W) Sites Georefferenced: Yes Timespan: 1983 - 2000 Sampling Frequency: annually...MORE

Mammal abundance of the Great Basin

This dataset follows coyotes, lagomorphs, and rodents from 1962-1993 in Idaho and Utah. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho; Curlew Valley, Utah Sites Georefferenced: No Timespan: 1962-1993 Sampling Frequency: biannually (spring & fall) Methods: Rodents were trapped with a 1 M-4 snap trap...MORE

US Land Cover

This dataset contains maps of land cover patterns across the conterminous United States. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Lower 48, United Stated Sites Georeffereneced: Yes Timespan: 1991-1993 Methods: Images were collected from Landsat Thematic Mapper at a 30 m resolution and classified to land cover type and spatial filters...MORE

Mediterranean / Chaparral

North Temperate Lakes LTER Data Catalog

This web site hosts data collected at the North Temperate Lakes LTER in Wisconsin since at least 1981 organized by the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin. Data Location: http://lter.limnology.wisc.edu/datacatalog/search Site Location: Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, and other lakes in the Yahara Lake District, southern Wisconsin; Trout Lake,...MORE

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

This data set was collected by the Center for Tropical Forest Science at the Smithsonian research facilities in the Panama Canal Watershed, including forest census, carbon storage, wood density, soil, plant functional traits, and arthpod monitoring. Dataset Location: http://www.ctfs.si.edu/group/Resources/Data Site Location: Barro Colorado Island, Panama(9.154 O N, 79.846 O W);...MORE

Leaf Toughness Traits in a Neotropical Forest

This data set describes leaf toughness traits for 197 tree and shrub species from a Panamanian neotropical forest. Dataset Location: Dryad Site Location: Baro Colorado Island, Panama (9.154 o N, 79.846 o W) Sites Georefferenced: No Methods: For details regarding sampling methodology contact Joe Wright ( wrightj@si.edu ) or Jared...MORE