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TP064

Attributes in entity 14: Forest-meadow ecotone transects: tree spatial location, size, and age at the time of sampling

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1. DBCODE
Definition: FSDB database code
Domain: enum
2. ENTITY
Definition: Entity number
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 13.  maximum = 13.)
3. YEAR
Definition: Year
Units: year (yyyy)
Domain: range (minimum = 1983.  maximum = 2009.)
4. SAMPLEDATE
Definition: Date of sampling
Units: date as date type
Domain: range
5. LOCATION
Definition: Place-name location
Domain: enum
6. TRANS
Definition: Transect number
Units: number
Domain: range
7. TRANSID
Definition: Transect ID (consisting of 'TSBR_', Location, and Trans)
Domain: place
8. PAGENO
Definition: Page number (or number/letter combination) of data record on field sheet
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 1.  maximum = 40.)
9. MICROPLOT
Definition: Number of the 1 x 1 m microplot (defined by the second of two consecutive meter marks along the transect line)
Units: meters
Domain: range (minimum = -49.  maximum = 220.)
10. SIDE
Definition: Side of the transect (as viewed from the start of the transect)
Domain: enum
11. DISTANCE
Definition: Distance of tree from the transect line (defined by the second of two consecutive meter marks perpendicular to the transect)
Units: meters
Domain: range (minimum = 1.  maximum = 21.)
12. TAG1993
Definition: Tag number in 1993
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 1.  maximum = 6941.)
13. TAG2009
Definition: Tag number in 2009
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 1.  maximum = 6941.)
14. SPECIES
Definition: Species code from Garrison et al. (1976); nomenclature follows Hitchcock and Cronquist (1973)
Domain: taxa
15. MPOINT
Definition: Measurement point (breast height or basal) for diameter
Domain: enum
16. TREEID
Definition: Unique individual wtihin the same year, trans, microplot, side, distance, and species
Units: number
Domain: range
17. STATUS
Definition: Tree status (live or dead/snag)
Domain: enum
18. HEIGHT
Definition: Estimated tree height (measured directly or computed trigonometrically)
Units: meters
Domain: range (minimum = 0.01  maximum = 49.00)
19. SLOPE_HT
Definition: Slope (used to estimate horizontal distance to tree, 1993 only)
Units: percent
Domain: range (minimum = -80.  maximum = 40.)
20. TREEDIST
Definition: Distance to tree along the slope (used to estimate tree height, 1993 only)
Units: meters
Domain: range (minimum = -26.0  maximum = 263.0)
21. BASEANGLE
Definition: Angle to base of tree (used to estimate tree height, 1993 only)
Units: percent
Domain: range (minimum = -25.  maximum = 150.)
22. TOPANGLE
Definition: Angle to top of tree (used to estimate tree height, 1993 only)
Units: percent
Domain: range (minimum = -11.  maximum = 150.)
23. DIAMETER
Definition: Diameter at measurement point
Units: centimeters
Domain: range (minimum = 0.0  maximum = 215.0)
24. TOPO
Definition: Microtopography at rooting point (1993 only)
Domain: enum
25. LABEL
Definition: ID Label on increment core (consisting of transect and tag numbers, 1993 only)
Domain: freetext
26. COREHT
Definition: Height at which core was taken or height down to which bud-scale scars were counted (1993 only)
Units: centimeters
Domain: range (minimum = 0.  maximum = 130.)
27. BUDSCARS
Definition: Number of terminal bud scale scars counted
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 0.  maximum = 115.)
28. MINEST
Definition: tree is known to be older than age given
Domain: enum
29. AGE
Definition: Estimated tree age (1983 and 1993 only)
Units: number of years
Domain: range (minimum = 1.  maximum = 500.)
30. VIGOR
Definition: Vigor
Domain: enum
31. SEEDNUM
Definition: Number of 0- to 2-yr-old seedlings of the same species, diameter, and height (1993 and 2009 only)
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 1.  maximum = 106.)
32. COMMENTS
Definition: Comments
Domain: freetext