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TL003

Attributes in entity 3: Litter Decay Data: Annual Data, Litter Bags, pre+post Wts

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1. DATACODE
Definition: Data set code
Domain: freetext
2. FORMAT
Definition: Entity number
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 3.  maximum = 3.)
3. SITE
Definition: Location id
Domain: enum
4. DATEOUT
Definition: Date litter is placed in the field
Units: date as month, day, year
Domain: range (minimum = 90287.  maximum = 120883.)
5. DATEIN
Definition: Date when litter is removed from the field
Units: date as month, day, year
Domain: range (minimum = 41486.  maximum = 112784.)
6. BLOCK
Definition: Block number where sample is placed in the field
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 1.  maximum = 10.)
7. LEACHED
Definition: Indicates whether sample is soaked in water and leached of nutrients
Domain: enum
8. MESHSIZE
Definition: Size of holes of mesh of the litter bags
Domain: enum
9. SUBST
Definition: Indicates placement of litter bags either under the moss or on the forest floor
Domain: enum
10. BAGNO
Definition: Bag number
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 1.  maximum = 9968.)
11. SPECIES
Definition: Species code according to Garrison et al., 1972
Domain: taxa
12. ORAIRWT
Definition: Original air-dry weight of sample
Units: grams
Domain: range (minimum = 8.30  maximum = 15.12)
13. FINOVWT
Definition: Final oven-dry weight of sample
Units: grams
Domain: range (minimum = 0.19  maximum = 10.27)
14. INOVWT
Definition: Initial oven-dry weight
Units: grams
Domain: range (minimum = 7.48  maximum = 14.41)
15. CONFACT
Definition: Factor for calculating original oven-dry weight
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 0.646  maximum = 1.044)
16. DECAYCONST
Definition: Decay constant
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 0.096  maximum = 4.023)