Forest Ecology and Management

These data were collected over 5 years from the Lewis Deane Nature Preserve, an 85 acre preserve at the northern end of the Taconic Mountains in Poultney, Vermont, USA. A total of 210 trees were sampled. Recorded variables are as follows: -Time indicates the number of years since the start of the study at the time of sampling. -Tree records the tree ID number. -Rank is the disease rank of the tree using the ranking system described in our paper (1 ≤ rank ≤ 5). -Binary Rank indicates a tree being measured as healthy (0) or infected (1). -Elevation = height above sea level in meters. -Slope = slope in degrees. -Aspect = change in aspect in degrees clockwise from North (e.g. 90 = East). -Curvature = curvature of terrain in z-units. -Weighted Distance (units are 1/[meters squared]) is calculated as the sum of all infected trees weighted by the inverse square distance ([distance]^-2) to the tree of interest. -Distance to Nearest is the distance in meters to the nearest infected tree. -DBH = tree diameter at breast height and is in centimeters. -Latitude and Longitude are UTM coordinates.

Data used to perform the study (field, amount of mycelium, mating types, reads for each OTUs, guilds).

Raw data used in Quigley et al. Forest Ecology and Management manuscript, "Prescribed burn frequency, vegetation cover, and management legacies influence soil fertility: Implications for restoration of imperiled pine barrens habitat".

Data include 13C and 15N natural abundances of three tested trees over a 14-day period of 13C and 15N labeling.

CSV file containing data used in our analysis including the following six tables: 1. Primary Matrix: includes the plot (rows) x species (columns) matrix used for our NMS analysis. 2. Secondary Matrix: includes our plot (rows) x site factors (columns) used in our joint-plots. MAP= mean annual precipitation, MAT=mean annual temperature. 3. NMS Scores: worksheet includes the output from our NMS analysis for plots (rows) and the three axis (columns). 4. Species Abundance Data: measured abundance by species by plot. Columns include: plot, species (using USDA Plants Database codes), Presence (1=yes; 0=no), Treated (Yes/No), Herbivory (Yes/No) and Group (treatment combinations). 5. Species Height Data: Height (measured and log transformed) by species by plot.Species names use USDA Plants Database codes. 6. Plot Summaries: plot richness, diversity, and total shrub abundance (sum of all species frequencies) by treatment.

Plant competition can impose species-specific effects on the dynamics of soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) through rhizosphere processes and litter input. Here, we collected subsoils containing low N from a subtropical forest and planted eight dominant tree species (two deciduous and six evergreens) in these soils in a greenhouse to explore the effects of interspecific plant competition on plant growth, soil C and N contents, and soil C and N mineralization rates after the plants had grown for 12 months. Soil labile organic C and N contents were represented by soil extractable organic C (EOC) and extractable organic N (EON) contents. The relative interaction intensity (RII) of mixed treatments was calculated to quantify the effects of interspecific plant competition.

Key for understanding the dataset is included as a worksheet in the excel file. In another worksheet the raw data can be found.

The table shoes the results of the indicator species analysis for the full species pool of the examined forests. Species without IndVal (Column C) had no significant preference. Codes for different forest types inluded in columns G-H. In Column A we show the phytosociological behavior of the species based on Borhidi 1995.

The data shows the values of N productivity and P productivity for the four tree species in subtropical forest.

arthropod data collected from the trunks of 5 species of xeric and mesic trees