Hubbard Brook Schwarz Plots

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Originator: USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
Publication_Date: 20040622
Title: Hubbard Brook Schwarz Plots
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Publication_Place: Durham, New Hampshire
Publisher: USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
Online_Linkage: <http://www.hubbardbrook.org/research/gis/gisexe/schwarz.exe>
Description:
Abstract:
This coverage was developed as part of Paul Schwarz's dissertation research. Fifteen North-South transects were established at 500m intervals to span the entire Hubbard Brook Valley. Between 1995 and 1997, 371 plots were positioned at 100m and 200m intervals along each transect. In 1998, 60 additional plots were positioned: three plots were placed at 25m intervals between two existing plots at 20 locations that were stratified according to elevation and aspect and selected at random. Hence, a system of 431 permanent 500 square meter circular plots were established. No plots were located in the six experimental watersheds designated for ecosystem research. The sampling layout of the plots was chosen to facilitate the analysis of spatial patterns in the forest vegetation by utilizing a wide range of distance intervals between plots. These intervals ranged from approximately 25m to several thousand meters.
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To provide the public with spatial data from the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest for use in research and educational activities.
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Contact_Person: John Campbell
Contact_Position: Ecologist
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Address: Northeastern Research Station
Address: 271 Mast Road
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State_or_Province: NH
Postal_Code: 03824
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Postal_Code: 03801
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Schwarz, P. A. 2001. Spatial patterns of abundance of northern hardwood-conifer tree species in a forested valley in the White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA. Ph.D. Thesis, Cornell University. 145 pp.
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The USDA Forest Service manages resource information and derived data as a service to USDA Forest Service users of digital geographic data. The USDA Forest Service is in no way condoning or endorsing the application of these data for any given purpose. It is the sole responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data are suitable for the intended purpose. It is also the obligation of the user to apply the data in an appropriate and conscientious manner. The USDA Forest Service provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of these data.

Much of the USDA Forest Service data are compiled, processed, and maintained with ARC/INFO software developed by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). Much of the information presented uses conventions and terms popularized by ARC/INFO and its user community. The mention of commercial firms or products is for clarity and identification of procedures and methods only, and no endorsements are implied by the USDA Forest Service.

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