This codebook.txt file was generated on wilsonkm on 2021/12/06 ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset Increasing understanding of floodplain forest dynamics, 2018-2020, Upper Mississippi River 2. Author Information Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Laura F. Reuling Institution: University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources Email: LREULING@UMN.EDU Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Molly Van Appledorn Institution: U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Email: Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Andrew R. Meier Institution: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District Email: Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Daniel Nielsen Institution: University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources Address: Email: Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Marcella A. Windmuller-Campione Institution: University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources Address: Email: 3. Date of data collection: 2018-06-11 to 2020-09-29 4. Geographic location of data collection: Upper Mississippi River (MN, WI, and IA) 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Sponsorship: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (Great Lakes-Northern Forest CESU W912HZ-18-SOI-0001) -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Depositor did not specify a license. Material may be reused with appropriate attribution. 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: 3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: 4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: 5. Was data derived from another source? If yes, list source(s): No 6. Recommended citation for the data: Reuling, Laura F; Van Appledorn, Molly; Meier, Andrew R; Nielsen, Daniel; Windmuller-Campione, Marcella A. (2021). Increasing understanding of floodplain forest dynamics, 2018-2020, Upper Mississippi River. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, https://doi.org/10.13020/c9gn-0j35. --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. File List A. Filename: Upper Mississippi River floodplain forest plot data.xlsx Short description: Field data 2. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: 3. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No. 4. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Data collection and entry were completed by Michael Tuma along with Wren Brien, Ben Converse, Michaela Hammer, Issac Harberts, Sara Kelso, and Nathan Vik (University of Minnesota) ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Upper Mississippi River floodplain forest plot data.xlsx ----------------------------------------- This MS Excel workbook contains 7 tabs: Plot_locations Overstory Trees Understory Regen Quadrat Crown Closure CWD Transects Metadata The following variable definitions are directly taken from the Metadata tab. 1. Number of variables: 2. Number of cases/rows: 3. Missing data codes: - Not applicable 4. Variable List Plot_locations tab Site: Site name Site Code: Shortened code for site name Plot: Plot ID number Ycoord: y coordinate of plot center Xcoord: x coordinate of plot center Date Sampled: Date that data was sampled (format MM/DD/YYYY) Technicians: Initials of technicians who coducted field sampling Notes: additional notes Overstory Trees tab Site: Site name Site Code: Shortened code for site name Plot: Plot ID number Tree #: Tree ID number, if followed by A, B, C, etc. denotes one tree with multiple stems at breast height Species: USDA genus-species code, see https://plants.usda.gov/home; UNK=unknown DBH (in): tree diameter at breast height (4.5 feet from ground) in inches Distance Feet: distance (feet) from plot center to center of tree bole (this is not total distance, must be combined with "Distance Inches") Distance Inches: distance (inches) from plot center to center of tree bole (this is not total distance, must be combined with "Distance Feet") Total Distance (ft): Distance in decimal feet from plot center to center of tree bole. Calculated by adding "Distance Feet" + "Distance Inches" Azimuth: Azimuth (degrees) from plot center to center of tree bole Height: Height of tree in tenths of feet Live Crown Ratio (%): Percent of tree height containing live crown Class: Canopy class; D=dominant, CD=codominant/dominant, C=codominant, I=intermediate, S=supressed Status: Live/dead status of tree; L=live, D=dead Notes: additional notes Understory Regen tab Site: Site name Site Code: Shortened code for site name Plot: Plot ID number Subplot: Subplot direction from center, N=0 degrees, SE= 120 degrees, SW=240 degrees Species: USDA genus-species code, see https://plants.usda.gov/home; NONE=no regeneration in height class 1 ft: tally of regeneration 1 ft to <2ft tall 2 ft: tally of regeneration 2 ft <=height < 3 ft 3 ft: tally of regeneration 3 ft <=height < 4 ft 4 ft: tally of regeneration 4 ft <=height < 5 ft 5+ ft: tally of regeneration: height >= 5 ft, DBH < 5" Notes: additional notes Quadrat tab Site: Site name Site Code: Shortened code for site name Plot: Plot ID number Subplot: Subplot direction from center, N=0 degrees, SE= 120 degrees, SW=240 degrees Species: Species name, identified only to family or genus if species ID not possible; also includes other cover of subplot: FND=flooded, no data; CWD=coarse woody debris; Litter=leaf litter; soil=bare soil; water=standing water % Cover: Percent cover of 1m2 quadrat by species to the nearest 5% Crown closure tab Site: Site name Site Code: Shortened code for site name Plot: Plot ID number Subplot: Subplot direction from center, N=0 degrees, SE= 120 degrees, SW=240 degrees Crown Closure (%): percent of canopy closure; FND=plot flooded, no data CWD transects tab Site: Site name Site code: Shortened code for site name Plot: Plot ID number Transect Azimuth: transect direction from center Diameter (in): diameter of coarse woody debris piece in tenths of inches; pieces that were too broken/rotten to measure are recorded as "ND" for no data; FND=plot flooded, no data Decay Class: decay class for coarse woody debris piece; classes 1-7; see Maser at al 1979; FND=plot flooded, no data Species: Species of coarse woody debris piece if identifiable; UNK=unknown; FND=plot flooded, no data Notes: additional notes