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DATA SET IDENTIFIER: Phenologies for the Tabonuco Forest trees and shrubs
 
PROJECT TITLE: Phenology

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

LTER CORE AREAS: (Annotate all that apply)

Populations Dynamics

Primary Productivity

Organic Mattter Acumulation

LEF LTER 1 RESEARCH TOPIC: (Annotate all that apply)

Environmental Monitoring

Biodiversity

We define a data file as a component of a data set. A data set can have only one data file or more. Basically, different data files have different data structures or format.
DATA SET FILES (SUBSETS):

Data File No.	Data File Identifier	On-Line Filename	Starting Date	Periodicity of sample	End Period
1	Phenology for the Tabonuco Forest - 1992	1992phen.txt	April 1, 1992	weekly	December 29, 1992
2	Phenology for the Tabonuco Forest - 1993	1993phen.txt	April 8, 1993	weekly	December 29, 1993
3	Phenology for the Tabonuco Forest - 1994	1994phen.txt	January 3, 1994	weekly (until June 28, 1994); biweekly (after)	Bisley - June 28, 1994; El Verde - December 21, 1994
4	Phenology for the Tabonuco Forest - 1995	1995phen.txt	4 January, 1995	biweekly	12 December, 1995
5	Phenology for the Tabonuco Forest - 1996	1996phen.txt	8 January, 1996	biweekly	31 December, 1996
6	Phenology for the Tabonuco Forest - 1997	1997phen.txt	January 14, 1997	biweekly	December 18, 1997
7	Phenology for the Tabonuco Forest - 1998	1998phen.txt	January 28, 1998	biweekly	September 9, 1998
8	Phenology for the Tabonuco Forest - 1999	1999phen.txt	January 10, 1999	biweekly	December 21, 1999
9	Phenology for the Tabonuco Forest - 2000	2000phen.txt	January 19, 2000	biweekly	December 20, 2000
10	Phenology for the Tabonuco Forest - 2001	2001phen.txt	January 17, 2001	biweekly	December 19, 2001
11	Phenology for the Tabonuco Forest - 2002	2002phen.txt	January 9, 2002	biweekly	December 23, 2002

RESEARCH LOCATION: Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot (LFDP) at El Verde and Bisley Watersheds, Luquillo Experimental Forest (LEF) in Puerto Rico

INVESTIGATORS:

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS E-MAIL address

Jess Zimmerman

jzimmer@www.ites.upr.edu

OTHER RESEARCHERS E-MAIL address

María Aponte

CONTACT PERSONS E-MAIL address Phone Number (Include area code)

Jess Zimmerman

jzimmer@www.ites.upr.edu

(787)764-0000 Ext.2864

SOURCE OF FUNDING (SPONSOR): NSF

DATA SET ABSTRACT: Seasonal rhythms of flowering and fruiting are an important component of the community dynmics of tropical forest and can be a critical determinant of the dynamics of consumer populations. We sampled the weekly production of flowers and fruits between July 1, 1992 and June 29, 1994 at two sites in the Luquillo Experimental Forest. At El Verde Field Station we placed baskets (numbered 1-120) along trails in the Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot and in the Bisley Experimental Watersheds (baskets numbered 121-180) at the sites used to measure litterfall. Each reproductive part was counted and identified to species (in the data set using a six letter code -- see species list for full species names) and type (identified using a number code 1 - 6; see Table 1).

Data collection was terminated at Bisley at the end of the period, but sampling continues, on a biweekly basis, at El Verde.

DATA SET METHODS: These data are being used to (1) determine the seasonality of flowering and fruiting in tabonuco forest and test hypotheses concerning the causation of seasonality (or lack thereof), (2) test the effect of annual variation in rainfall and other climatic variables on seed and fruit production of individual species, and (3) compare the relative dispersability of species on the Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot by applying information on the spatial distribution of canopy trees to the data on seed and fruit fall. Data collected in this study will will be compared to data collected by F.N. Scatena and colleagues using the focal species method at the same sites during the same time period. These data also serve as background information on the flowering and fruiting of individual species.

Table 1. Interpretation of codes used in phenology data set.

Code	Item
1	flower
2	aborted fruit
3	immature fruit
4	mature fruit
5	seed
6	pedicel of fruit
blank	empty basket

REFERENCES:

CROSS-REFERENCES (other data sets related to this one):

SAMPLE LOCATION: N/A

STORAGE SITES: Data Manager's File Cabinet DM-002, Drawer #1

INVESTIGATOR'S ASSIGNED KEYWORDS: phenology, tropical forest,Luquillo, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, trees, shrubs, seasonality, flowers, fruits, seeds, dispersal

LEF LTER OFFICIAL KEYWORDS (See table): BISLEY WATERSHEDS, LFDP (EV Big Grid), TABONUCO, LITTER FALL, HIGHER PLANTS, PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL

PUBLICATIONS:

DISSEMINATION: UNRESTRICTED

REASONS TO RESTRICT DATA IN THIS DATA SET BEYOND ITS TWO YEAR POLICY PERIOD*:

*WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY LTER PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: J. ZIMMERMAN, A. LUGO , D.J. LODGE

SITES DESCRIPTIONS: Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot site: North of El Verde Field Station past the Sonadora River. The outwest corner of the grid is 54394.1 N and 217503.6 E in the Puerto Rican Planar coordinate system.

Bisley Watersheds: A series of adjacent drainages in the northeast section of the Luquillo Mountains, situated in the northeastern corner of Puerto Rico

Geographical positional system (GPS) Coordinates for each location:

location	latitude	longitude
Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot (LFDP)	18° 19' 26" N	65° 49' 3" W
Bisley Watersheds	18° 18' N	65° 50' W

VARIABLES (ATTRIBUTES):

FILE NAME OR #ABOVE (all in which the variable appears)	all	all	all	all	all
ABBREVIATION (as it appears on the data file)	DATE	BASKET	SPECIES	CODE	NUMBER
NAME OF VARIABLE	Date of collection of baskets	Collection basket	Species code	Code	Count of flowering and fruiting
DEFINITION OF VARIABLE	Date of collection  of baskets every  two weeks (mm/dd/yyyy)	Code number of collection basket	Six letter code (First 3 from Genus and last 3 from the specie)	Type of flowering and fruiting	Count of each type of flowering and fruiting
UNIT	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
PRECISION	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
RANGE OR LIST OF VALUES		1-120 = El Verde area baskets >120 = Bisley area baskets		0 = empty basket 1 = flower, 2= aborted fruit, 3 = immature fruit, 4 = mature fruit, 5 = seed, 6 = pedicel of fruit, blank = empty basket
DATA TYPE	Date	Integer	Alphabetic	Integer	Integer
MISSING DATA CODES	None	None	Blank or "unkown"	None (if blank means empty basket)	Blank

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: October 20, 2004
DATE OF LAST ENTRY: 16 April 2003
STAGE OF DATA SET MANAGEMENT (dates):
RECEIVED 15 Feb 1997
ENTERED: FILED 18 March 1997
ON-LINE 18 March 1997, Mar 1, 2001
REVIEWED BY RESEARCHER 18 March 1997
FILING MEDIA:
NAME OF DOCUMENTATION FILE: lterdb88.fm*
NAME OF DATA FILE: phen____.db
NAME OF ON - LINE CATALOG : LTERDBAS
RECORD #: 88
DOCUMENT TYPE:
PRIORITY TO BE ENTERED: N/A