RB 2 Percent Canopy Cover by Species (RB2 medium d file)
Number of Records:
714
Date Range:
1989-01-01 to 1989-08-09
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Variables
Variables:
Transect
- Label: Transect at 10 m intervals
- Definition: Lines at 10 m intervals from the upper lip of the slide. No data is missing in this field.
- Type: Code list
- Codes:
- 1 = line at 10 m from upper lip of the slide
- 2 = line at 20 m from upper lip of the slide
- 3 = line at 30 m from upper lip of the slide
- 4 = line at 40 m from upper lip of the slide
- 5 = line at 50 m from upper lip of the slide
- 6 = line at 60 m from upper lip of the slide
- Missing values: None specified
Plot
- Label: Plots of landslides in the Luquillo Experimental Forest
- Definition: A numeric name from 1 to 40 given to a 2 X 5 m plot area distributed along transect lines of a landslide in the Rio Blanco and Espiritu Santo watersheds. No data is missing in this field.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
Species
- Label: Plant species code-six letter code in CAPS
- Definition: A six letter code GGGSSS; where the first three are the first 3 letters of the genus; and the last three are the 3 first letters of the species (all in upper case). If blank, data is missing.
- Type: Code list
- Codes:
- CASARB = Casearea arborea
- DACEXC = Dacryodes excelsa
- MANBID = Manilkara bidentata
- PALRIP = Palicourea riparia
- PIPGLA = Piper glabrecens
- GUAGUI = Guarea guidonea
- SLOBER = Sloanea berteriana
- TABHET = Tabebuia heterophilla
- ASPSER = Asplenium serratum
- BLEOCC = Blechnum occidentale
- CYABOR = Cyathea borinquena
- NEPRIV = Nephrolepis rivularis
- POLCHN = Polybotrya cervina
- POLLYC = Polypodium lycopodioides?
- POLPIL = Polypodium piloselloides?
- THEDEL = Thelypteris deltoidea
- THENOR = Thelypteris spp.?
- CYAARB = Cyathea arborea?
- LINLAN = Lindsaea lancea
- POLLAT = Polypodium latum?
- THEDEN = Thelypteris deltoidea
- ELARIG = Elaphoglossum rigidum
- POL = Polypodium spp.?
- Missing values: None specified
CoverL
- Label: Cover Class Left
- Definition: Estimate per m2 of plant species on canopy closure on the left side of the plot. Left blank when data is missing.
- Type: Code list
- Codes:
- 0 = none
- + = less 1% cover
- 1 = 1 - 5%
- 2 = 5 - 25%
- 3 = 25 - 50%
- 4 = 50 - 75%
- 5 = 75 -100%
- Missing values: None specified
CoverR
- Label: Cover Class Right
- Definition: Estimate per m2 of plant species on canopy closure on the right side of the plot. Left blank when data is missing.
- Type: Code list
- Codes:
- 0 = none
- + = less 1% cover
- 1 = 1 - 5%
- 2 = 5 - 25%
- 3 = 25 - 50%
- 4 = 50 - 75%
- 5 = 75 -100%
- Missing values: None specified
WoodL
- Label: Percent class of wood on the left side of the 1x2 meter plot
- Definition: Percent cover estimates of wood per m2 on the left side of a 1x2 meter plot. The estimate is + or - one class precise. A blank is equivalent to a 0 value.
- Type: Code list
- Codes:
- 0 = none
- + = less 1% cover
- 1 = 1 - 5%
- 2 = 5 - 25%
- 3 = 25 - 50%
- 4 = 50 - 75%
- 5 = 75 -100%
- Missing values: None specified
WoodR
- Label: Percent class of wood on the right side of the 1x2 meter plot
- Definition: Percent cover estimates of wood per m2 on the right side of a 1x2 meter plot. The estimate is + or - one class precise. A blank is equivalent to a 0 value.
- Type: Code list
- Codes:
- 0 = none
- + = less 1% cover
- 1 = 1 - 5%
- 2 = 5 - 25%
- 3 = 25 - 50%
- 4 = 50 - 75%
- 5 = 75 -100%
- Missing values: None specified
Comments
- Label: Comments at the field
- Definition: Comments annotated by observer at the field.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
Start date
- Label: First date where measurements where taken in specific survey
- Definition: Date of the day (in mm/dd/yyyy) when measurements where taken. For the Landslides Projects, it is the first day when measurements of diameter class in each plot were made.
- Type: Date/time
- Date format: mm/dd/yyyy
- Missing values: None specified
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