LUQ DATA SET METADATA

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.

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.

Related Project:

Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE)

Owner:

Timothy D. Schowalter

Contact(s):

Timothy D. Schowalter

Researcher's Keywords:

Invertebrates

arthropods

homoptera

insects

lepidoptera

mites

spiders

disturbance

Casearia

Cecropia

Dacryodes excelsa

Manilkara bidentata

Prestoea montana

Sloanea berteriana

canopy trimming experiment (CTE)

LUQ

Luquillo

LTER Core Area(s):

populations

primary production

Complete Metadata:

Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Canopy invertebrate responses to disturbance
The basic information about a dataset
Basic Information

Program:

Luquillo LTER

Luquillo Investigator Research

Numeric Dataset ID:

155

Data Set Identifier:

Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Canopy invertebrate responses to disturbance

Duration:

Long-Term

Ongoing

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.

Short name:

LUQMetadata155

Project Title:

Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE)

Core Area:

populations

primary production

Researchers´ Keywords:

Invertebrates

arthropods

homoptera

insects

lepidoptera

mites

spiders

disturbance

Casearia

Cecropia

Dacryodes excelsa

Manilkara bidentata

Prestoea montana

Sloanea berteriana

canopy trimming experiment (CTE)

LUQ

Luquillo

2006 Proposal Classification:

Invertebrates decomposers herbivory

Table 4 Long-Term Classification:

invertebrates (several)

Data File Structure Reference:

CTE Canopy Arthropods data

Station Acronym:

LUQ

Data File Structure Referrer:

CTE Canopy Arthropods data

CTE Litter Athropods Weights
Personnel

Owner:

Timothy D. Schowalter

Contact:

Timothy D. Schowalter

Data Manager:

Eda Melendez-Colom

Georefs, Dates

Publication Date:
06/07/2011

Site:
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block A Plot 1

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El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block A Plot 2

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El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block A Plot 3

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El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block A Plot 4

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El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block B Plot 1

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El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block B Plot 2

Site:
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block B Plot 3

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El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block B Plot 4

Site:
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block C Plot 1

Site:
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block C Plot 2

Site:
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block C Plot 3

Site:
El Verde Research Area Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Block C Plot 4

Collected:
07/01/2003 - 06/02/2009

Methods

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.

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Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Canopy invertebrate responses to disturbance

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