LUQ DATA SET METADATA

Long-Term
Completed
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Landslide Revegetation Canopy Measurements & Cover Estimates

Methods:

(a) percent cover estimates of habitat factors (b) % canopy closure at 4 elevation above surface of ground (c) canopy intercept profile 14 points above ground before (d) % canopy cover of each species a, b, d done on left side of 1x2 meter plot (1m2); then on right side (1m2) c, done at 5 points starting at middle of right side of plot ending at middle of left side of plot

Abstract

The purpose of this data set is to document recovery of vegetation in new landslides in the Luquillo Experimental Forest (LEF)

Researcher's Keywords:

Luquillo
Puerto Rico
Greater Antilles
Caribbean
Sites
Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)
Projects
Sites Projects Programs
Cecropia
Plants
landslides
Landscapes
succession
revegetation
Recovery
Disturbance and Land Use

LTER Vocab Keywords:

recovery
revegetation
landscape change
disturbance
succession
biological processes
processes
plants
organisms
land use
spatial properties
measurements

LTER Core Area(s):

primary production