Vascular Plants of the North Carolina Piedmont Forest

Woody Plants

Community

Local

Observational

Taxonomic Group	Woody Plants
Level of Organization	Community
Scale	Local
Data Type	Observational
Data Retriever	No
Georeferenced	No

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**
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Timespan: 1989-1998

Sampling Frequency: two full census (1990, 1998)

Methods: Eight distinct plot sizes (0.016 - 256 m²) were established in 1989 in an overlapping grid of nested plots.

Data Collected: tree species, diameter, hurricane damage; soil nutrients, pH, organic matter

Citation: Michael W. Palmer, Robert K. Peet, Rebecca A. Reed, Weimin Xi, and Peter S. White. 2007. A multiscale study of vascular plants in a North Carolina Piedmont forest. Ecology 88:2674.

Available via EcoData Retriever: No