FWE011

Plant cover data: this table gives plant community composition and cover data within each shrub at each site.

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Variables
Recyear
  • Label:
  • Definition: Year of sample
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: Year(YYYY)
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Watershed
  • Label:
  • Definition: watershed
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Shrub_id
  • Label:
  • Definition: Plot number at each site (1 to 20)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: number
  • Maximum: 20
  • Minimum: 1
  • Precision: 1
  • Missing values: None specified
Treatment
  • Label:
  • Definition: Treatments of browsing (~50% removal of new meristematic growth), or control (no removal of plant material)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
SpeCode
  • Label:
  • Definition: Species code
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: number
  • Maximum: 800
  • Minimum: 1
  • Precision: 1
  • Missing values: None specified
Family
  • Label:
  • Definition: Taxa family name
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Genus
  • Label:
  • Definition: Taxa associated with plant composition and cover class
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Species
  • Label:
  • Definition: Abbreviated species name
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Growth_form
  • Label:
  • Definition: Plant life history trait (a = annual, b = biennial, p = perennial)
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • a = annual
    • b = biennial
    • p = perennial
  • Missing values: None specified
Life_form
  • Label:
  • Definition: Plant functional type (f = forb, g = grass, s = sedge, w = woody, o = ferns and allies)
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • f = forb
    • g = grass
    • s = sedge
    • w = woody
    • o = ferns and allies
  • Missing values: None specified
Origin
  • Label:
  • Definition: Plant species native (n) or invasive (i)
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • n = native species
    • i = invasive species
  • Missing values: None specified
Cover_class
  • Label:
  • Definition: Vegetation cover classes (1-7)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: number
  • Maximum: 7
  • Minimum: 1
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Cover
  • Label:
  • Definition: Percent cover (%) calculated from cover class (1 = 0-1%, 2 = 2-5%, 3 = 5-25%, 4 = 25-50%, 5 = 50-75%, 6 = 75-95%, 7 = 95-100%)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: number
  • Maximum: 100
  • Minimum: 1
  • Precision: 0.5
  • Missing values: None specified
Data Source Details

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Quote character: 

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Field delimiter: 

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Record delimiter: 

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