Status: 

Ongoing

Title

Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Canopy invertebrate responses to disturbance
Summary

DOI: 

10.6073/pasta/6112c58462ffe49100d5b34378368f7f

Short name: 

LUQMetadata155

Data set ID: 

155

Abstract: 

Seven tree species were selected to represent early (Cecropia, Prestoea) and late (Dacryodes, Manilkara, Sloanea) successional, and overstory (Cecropia, Dacryodes, Manilkara, Sloanea) and understory (Prestoea, Miconia, Psychotria), species in forests at El Verde. These trees were sampled in all CTE plots.

Dates
Date Range: 
2004-01-25 00:00:00 to 2016-06-11 00:00:00

Publication Date: 

2011-06-07 00:00:00
People

Owner/Creator: 

Timothy D. Schowalter

Contact: 

Timothy D. Schowalter

Additional Project roles: 

Name: Eda Melendez-Colom Role: Data Manager
Methodology

Methods: 

A long-handled insect net with closeable plastic bag was used to collect foliage-bearing branches up to 10-12 m heights in gap and non-gap plots, within a 15 m radius around the points identified above. Bags were sealed until invertebrates could be sorted. Invertebrates were counted by phenotype; foliage was pressed, dried, weighed, and measured for leaf area missing as a result of herbivory.

Status: 

Ongoing

Time Period: 

Long-Term

Periodicity: 

Continuous
Related

Related publications: 

Canopy arthropod responses to experimental canopy opening and debris deposition in a tropical rainforest subject to hurricanes
Post-hurricane successional dynamics in abundance and diversity of canopy arthropods in a tropical rainforest

Related sites: 

Quebrada Prieta Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block A Plot 1
Quebrada Prieta Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block A Plot 2
Quebrada Prieta Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block A Plot 3
Quebrada Prieta Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block A Plot 4
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block B Plot 1
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block B Plot 2
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block B Plot 3
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block B Plot 4
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block C Plot 1
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block C Plot 2
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block C Plot 3
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block C Plot 4
Categories

Core Areas: 

Researcher's Keywords: 

LTER Keywords: 

Table 4 Long-Term Classification: 

2006 Proposal Classification: 

Program: 

EML is valid: 

Yes

EML Link: 

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Variables Descriptions Data File Date Rangesort ascending
CTE Canopy Arthropods data - Transposed File CTEArthropods-transposed.csv 2004-01-25 to 2016-06-11