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Vascular Plants of an Oklahoma Tallgrass Prairie

This dataset describes 12 years of vascular plant composition at the Tallgrass Prairie Reserve in Oklahoma measured at multiple spatial scales at a local level. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Osage County, Oklahoma (36.73 o - 36.90 o N, 96.32 o - 96.49 o W) Sites...MORE

Sagebrush Steppe Plants

This dataset descibes apporximately 50 years of sagebrush vegetatation in 26 permanent 1m 2 quadrats. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: U.S. Sheep Experiment Station, Dubois, Idaho Sites Georefferenced: No Timespan: 1923-1957 (most years), 1973 Sampling Frequency: Annually Methods: 26 permanent quadrats were established in sheep paddocks with grazed and...MORE

Paleobiology Database

This web site hosts information about the entire fossil record, including information about fossil collections, individual plants and animals, taxonomic groups, references to publications, stratigraphic units, time scales, and time intervals. Data Location: paleobiodb.org Data Available: collection, occurrence, specimen records, taxonomic names/opinion, measurements of specimens Comments: Tools are available on...MORE

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NatureServe

This web site hosts information about species and ecosystems of the Western Hemisphere, including several types of biodiversity data. Data Location: http://www.natureserve.org/getData/index.jsp Data Available: species, location, conservation status, commonness/rareness, spatial data Comments: This web site compiles data from a number of different programs, including: NatureServe Explorer; InfoNatura; Web Services for...MORE

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Global Wood Density

This data set decribes wood density for trees throughout the globe, including >16000 entries of >8000 taxa from 205 references. Dataset Location: Dryad Sites Georefferenced: No Data Collected: species, wood density, region Citation: Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann...MORE

Biomass Allocation and Growth Data of Seeded Plants

This data set compiles information regarding the biomass of leaf, stem, and root biomass for plants. Dataset Location: http://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=703 Sites Georeferenced: No Methods: Data was compiled from the primary literature, along with a significant portion of data from Cannell (1982). Data Collected: species; age; height; leaf, root, shoot, stem &...MORE

TRY Database of Vascular Plant Traits

This data describes plant traits from throughout the globe and includes 1,000 traits for more than 64,000 plant species. Database Location: http://www.try-db.org/TryWeb/Home.php Sites Georeferenced: Yes (for many of the entries) Methods: Data is collected from previous studies and as a continued effort from the organizers. Data Collected: species, location, traits...MORE

Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Data (GIVD)

This web site hosts a metadatabase for worldwide vegetation data. Database Location: http://www.givd.info/index.php?id=558 Sites Georefferenced: Yes Comments: Registration is available for further access to the website [ HERE ]. Citation: Dengler, J., Jansen, F., Glöckler, F., Peet, R. K., De Cáceres, M., Chytrý, M., Ewald, J., Oldeland, J., Finckh, M.,...MORE

Arctic LTER

This web site hosts data collected at the Arctic Long Term Ecological Research Station at the Toolik Field Station in Alaska. Data Location: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/ Site Location: Toolik Field Station (68 o 38'N, 148 o 43'W), foothills region of the Brooks Range, North Slope of Alaska Datasets Available: THEME - lakes,...MORE

Baltimore Ecosystem Study

This web site hosts data from research in metropolitan Baltimore as a part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network. Data Location: https://baltimoreecosystemstudy.org/bes-data-catalog/ Site Location: Gwynns Falls watershed (76 o 30' N, 39 o 15' W) Baltimore, Maryland Datasets Available: THEMES - biodiversity, demographic/social, education, meteorology, modeling, patches, public health...MORE