LUQ DATA SET METADATA

Long-Term
Completed

Data Files and Variables

Data File Identifier Data File Collected
ES 1 Cover estimates of Habitat Factor (ES1 medium a file)
text/csv iconlsmeaes1.csv
 02/23/1989 - 12/17/2007
ES 2 Cover estimates of Habitat Factor (ES2 medium a file)
text/csv iconlsmeaes2.csv
 10/25/1988 - 07/17/2007
RB 2 Cover estimates of Habitat Factor (RB2 medium a file)
text/csv iconlsmearb2.csv
 01/01/1989 - 08/09/1989
ES 1 Percent Canopy Closure (ES1 medium b file)
text/csv iconlsmebes1.csv
 02/23/1989 - 12/17/2007
ES 2 Percent Canopy Closure (ES2 medium b file)
text/csv iconlsmebes2.csv
 10/25/1988 - 07/17/2007
RB 2 Percent Canopy Closure (RB2 medium b file)
text/csv iconlsmebrb2.csv
 01/01/1989 - 08/09/1989
ES 1 Canopy Intercept Profile (ES1 medium c file)
text/csv iconlsmeces1.csv
 02/23/1989 - 12/18/2007
ES 2 Canopy Intercept Profile (ES2 medium c file)
text/csv iconlsmeces2.csv
 10/25/1988 - 07/17/2007
RB 2 Canopy Intercept Profile (RB2 medium c file)
text/csv iconlsmecrb2.csv
 01/01/1989 - 08/09/1989
ES 1 Percent Canopy Cover by Species (ES1 medium d file)
text/csv iconlsmedes1.csv
 02/23/1989 - 12/18/2007
ES 2 Percent Canopy Cover by Species (ES2 medium d file)
text/csv iconlsmedes2.csv
 10/25/1988 - 07/17/2007
RB 2 Percent Canopy Cover by Species (RB2 medium d file)
text/csv iconlsmedrb2.csv
 01/01/1989 - 08/09/1989

Measurements:

Transect at 10 m intervals
Plots of landslides in the Luquillo Experimental Forest
Percent class of bare rock on the left side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of bare rock on the right side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of bare soil on the left side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of bare soilnon the right side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of litter on the left side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of litter the right side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of wood on the left side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of wood on the right side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of gully on the left side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of gully on the right side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of live tree canopy on the left side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of live tree canopy on the right side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of dead tree canopy on the left side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of dead tree canopy on the right side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of live trunk on the left side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of live trunk on the right side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of dead trunk on the left side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent class of dead trunk on the right side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent Class of Other Moss on the left side of the 1x2 meter plot
Percent Class of Other Moss on the right side of the 1x2 meter plot
Slope percent range
Comments at the field
Start Date
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Landslide Revegetation Canopy Measurements & Cover Estimates

Research Sites:

El Verde Station Research Area Espiritu Santo landslide (ES1) plot
El Verde Station Research Area Espiritu Santo landslide (ES2) plot
El Verde Research Area Rio Blanco 2 (RB-2) landslide plot

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)

List of Publications:

Plant successional pathways on Puerto Rican landslides
Post hurricane seed rain dynamics in Puerto Rico
Ecosystem development and plant succession on landslides in the Caribbean

Related Project:

Owner:

Lawrence R. Walker

Contact(s):

Lawrence R. Walker

Associated:

Jean Lodge

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

Complete Metadata:

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