Barbara C. Reynolds

Dept. Environmental Studies Univeristy of North Carolina at Asheville Asheville North Carolina 28804 USA

(828) 232-5186 kreynolds@unca.edu http://cwt33.ecology.uga.edu/piprofiles/pro_reynolds.html Mark D. Hunter

Institute of Ecology University of Georgia Athens Georgia 30602 USA

(706) 542-1801 mhunter@sparc.ecology.uga.edu http://cwt33.ecology.uga.edu/piprofiles/pro_hunter.html Insect frass was collected for more than 2 years along an elevation gradient at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory. Insect frass was collected in 20 small laundry baskets, lined with plastic bags, at 2t the 3 canopy gradient sites. Frass collections were returned to the lab, where they were refrigerated until they could be sorted. Frass was sorted to separate it from leaves and other material which fell from the canopy. Sorted frass was dried at 60 degrees C and weighed. Coweeta LTER insect frass insect herbivory nutrients Must adhere to the Coweeta LTER Data Policy (See http://coweeta.ecology.uga.edu/webdocs/3/static/datapolicies.html). http://cwt33.ecology.uga.edu/summaries/summary1029.html WS 18, canopy site 218; WS 27, canopy sites 427 and 527 1996-05-01 1998-06-01 Coweeta LTER Information Manager

Institute of Ecology University of Georgia Athens Georgia 30602 USA

(828) 524-2128 Ted Gragson

Institute of Ecology University of Georgia Athens Georgia 30602 USA

tgragson@earthlink.net principalInvestigator James Vose

Institute of Ecology University of Georgia Athens Georgia 30602 USA

jvose@fs.fed.us principalInvestigator Brian Kloeppel

Institute of Ecology University of Georgia Athens Georgia 30602 USA

kloeppel@sparc.ecology.uga.edu principalInvestigator The Coweeta LTER Research Program has evolved since 1980 from a site-based to a site- and region-based project examining the effects of disturbance and environmental gradients on biogeochemical cycling, and the underlying watershed ecosystem processes that regulate and respond to those cycles. The objective for the 2002-2008 research is to advance scientific understanding of the spatial, temporal, and decision-making components of land use and land-use change in the southern Appalachian Mountains over the last 200 years, and forecast patterns into the future 30 years. This will be accomplished by addressing ecological and socioeconomic aspects of land-use change while continuing long-term studies of environmental gradients and natural disturbance regimes. The result will be a more complete understanding of ecological dynamics in the southern Appalachian Mountains that makes possible the development of reasonable forecasts of its future ecological state. | The guiding hypothesis for the proposed research is that the frequency, intensity, and extent of land use represents human decision-making in response to socioeconomic and bio-geophysical conditions with consequences that cascade through ecosystems. The research activities are organized into three initiatives: (1) Characterization of the Socio-Natural Template, (2) Ecosystem Responses to the Socio-Natural Template, and (3) Forecasting Ecosystem Responses to Changes in the Socio-Natural Template. The integrated scientific research will provide both a description as well as an explanation of the underlying causes of land use and the consequences of land-use change for southern Appalachian ecosystems and society. It thus recognizes the complexity of land use as a process and the research needs as defined in the LTER Program and the broader scientific community. National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. uid=cwt,o=lter,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all public read 1029.csv 1029.csv 1 \n \n column , http://cwt33.ecology.uga.edu/data/1029.csv Year Year Year when data was collected YYYY None Missing Value site site Site ID where data was collected Site ID where data was collected None Missing Value month/day month/day Month and day when data was collected MMM-DD None Missing Value plot plot plot ID where data was collected plot ID where data was collected None Missing Value % Total N % Total N percent total nitrogen dimensionless real None Missing Value % Total C % Total C percent total carbon dimensionless real None Missing Value C/N C/N Carbon Nitrogen ratio dimensionless real None Missing Value x %N/site x %N/site percent of nitrogen by site percent of nitrogen by site None Missing Value x %C/site x %C/site percent carbon per site percent carbon per site None Missing Value x %C/N/site x %C/N/site carbon to nitrogen ratio per site carbon to nitrogen ratio per site None Missing Value eight Frass was weighed on a Mettler Analytical Balance. eight Frass was weighed on a Mettler Analytical Balance. None Missing Value