Study Number: 

4025

Project Title:

Post-burn study of herbaceous understory plots at Jacobs Branch and Devil's Den burn sites, 1992.

Investigator(s):

Barry Clinton  E-Mail | Tel. 828.524.2128 | Biographical Sketch
Affiliated Institution(s): USDA Forest Service                 
Address: Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
3160 Coweeta Lab Road
Otto, North Carolina 28763
Study Type: Regional
Project Type: Coweeta Research
Study Period:

1992
Status/Notes:

Type 1
Funding Sources:

Man and Biosphere Program, Southern Appalachian Forest Ecosystems Project, US Forest Service
Abstract: None provided.
Location(s), Described: Devils Den, Jacobs Branch West, Jacobs Branch East
Location(s), Download GPS: ArcView Shape Files (shp.):  Decimal Degrees  |  UTM, NAD83, Zone 17
Location(s), Online Maps: Online Map
Methods/Experimental Design: Sampling plots were one square meter each.
Sampling Frequency: Variable.
Data Columns:

site - numeric sampling site code
treat - numeric treatment code
alpha - alphabetical sampling site and treatment code
plot - plot number
subplot - subplot number
species - herbaceous vegetation species name
density - number of species found per one meter square plot
percent_cov - percent of plot covered with herbaceous species

Missing Data Codes: -9999
Publications:

Elliott, K.J., J.M. Vose, B.D. Clinton. 2002. Growth of eastern white pine (Pinus strobes L.) related to forest floor consumption by prescribed fire in the southern Appalachians. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 26(1): 18-25.

Clinton, B.D., J.M. Vose, W.T. Swank. 1996. Shifts in aboveground and forest floor carbon and nitrogen pools after felling and burning in the southern Appalachians. Forest Science 42(4):431-441

Clinton, B.C., J.M. Vose. 2000. Plant succession and community restoration following felling and burning in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Pages 22-29 in W. Keith Moser and Cynthia F. Moser (eds.). Fire and Forest Ecology: innovative silviculture and vegetable management. Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference Proceedings, No.21. Tall Timbers Research Station, Talahassee, Florida, USA.

Vose. J.M., B.D. Clinton, W.T. Swank. 1993. Fire, drought, and forest management influences on pine/hardwood ecosystems in the southern Appalachians. 12th Conference on Fire and Forest Meteorology, Oct. 26-28, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA.

Vose, J.M., B.D. Clinton, W.T. Swank. 1993. Site preparation burning to restore pine-hardwood stands: aboveground biomass, forest floor mass, nitrogen carbon pools. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 23:2255-2262.
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