NASA Plot
Basic information
Sample name: NASA Plot

Sample aka: Howland Research Forest

Reference: A. Teets, S. Fraver, A. R. Weiskittel, and D. Y. Hollinger. 2018. Quantifying climate - growth relationships at the stand level in a mature mixed-species conifer forest. Global Change Biology 24:3587-3602 [ER 2947]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Maine



Coordinate: 45° 12' N, 68° 44' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: in "central Maine" at a site "established by the Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center"
coordinate based on Howland Research Forest

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: other protected area

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 5.9

WMT: 19.7

CMT: -9.6

MAP: 1120.0

Habitat comments: "in the transition zone between the eastern deciduous forest and the boreal forest" and specifically "a mature mixed-age, structurally diverse spruce-hemlock forest"

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 1

Site area: 3

Site length: 200

Site width: 150

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 3123 individuals

Years: 2015

Size min: 10

Basal area: 40.6

Metadata
Sample number: 3131

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-12-29 10:26:47

Modified: 2018-12-28 23:26:47

Abundance distribution
8 species
0 singletons
total count 3123
geometric series index: 8.2
Fisher's α: 0.993
geometric series k: 0.5069
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7006
Shannon's H: 1.4449
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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