1.0 DOCUMENT INFORMATION
1.1 Document Title: TDE survey of species presence, diameter and survival.
1.2 Revision Date: January 30, 2001
1.3 Document Summary: Data on tree survival and diameter from
1993-1999
1.4 Sponsor: Office of Biological and Environmental Research, U. S.
DOE
2.0 INVESTIGATOR
2.1 Investigator and data set contact:
P.J. Hanson (hansonpj@ornl.gov)2.2 Title Of Investigation:
Research Staff Member
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O. Box 2008, Building 1059
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6422
3.0 DATA SUMMARY
Diameter based measurements of tree dbh and visual estimates of survival
for all trees (>10 cm dbh) across the TDE experimental area.
4.0 PROCEDURES
Prior to the experiment and at approximately annual intervals thereafter,
all trees greater than 0.1 m in diameter at 1.3 meters (diameter at breast
height; dbh) were identified to species (762 trees). These annual
diameter measurements were conducted with diameter tapes at tagged locations
on all trees. Tree heights and crown widths were measured directly on approximately
one third of the trees or derived from allometric relationships from a
subset of the measured data. An aerial view of the distribution of
species and crown widths across the TDE are provide in the following figure.
Quercus spp. and Acer spp. were the major canopy dominants, Liriodendron
tulipifera L. was a canopy dominant on the lower slope positions, and Nyssa
sylvatica Marsh. and Oxydendrum arboreum [L.] D.C. were the predominant
species occupying mid-canopy locations. In March of 1994, stand basal
area averaged 21 m2 ha-1 with nearly identical basal area on each plot.
By December 1999, mean basal area across all plots had increased to 22.8
m2 ha-1.
5.0 OBSERVATION NOTES
Measurements of N. sylvatica and L. tulipifera did not begin until
1994.
6.0 DATA ORGANIZATION
Data are provided in comma delimeted text files where the first line
includes the variable names and subsequent lines include the following
data by year.
6.1 Variable, Definition, and Units
Column 2 = SPC
Column 3 = TRT
Column 4 = SLP
Column 5 = Y
Column 6 = X
Column 7 = YM
Column 8 = XM
Column 9 = D010693
Column 11 = D011294
Column 12 = D010695
Column 13 = D010796
Column 14 = D010797
Column 15 = D010998
Column 16 = D011299
7.0 KNOWN ERRORS AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT
None
8.0 NOTES
8.1 Limitations of the data: None.
8.2 Known Problems With The Data: None.
8.3 Usage Guidance:
Trees that died during the experiment are represented by blank spaces
in the years after death occurred. Trees that reached (or approached)
the 10 cm dbh cutoff during the experiment are represented by blank spaces
until the year they attained tree status.
9.0 REFERENCES:
Hanson, P.J. , D.E.Todd and J.S. Amthor. (in press) A six year study of sapling and large-tree growth and mortality responses to natural and induced variability in precipitation and throughfall. Tree Physiology (in press).
Hanson, P.J., D.E. Todd, M.A. Huston, J.D. Joslin, Jennifer Croker,
and R. M. Augé. 1998. Description and field performance of
the Walker Branch Throughfall Displacement Experiment: 1993-1996, ORNL/TM-13586,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
None
10.0 DATA LISTING
Click on the following to view data for the listed year.
Once open the files can exported as text files with the 'Save As' command.