Location of Sampling Stations: 20 plots each 10 m2 in Tully and Florence soils in 000B, N00D, 001D, N01B, 004B, N04D (1981)
Frequency of Sampling: In each of the 12 soil-treatment areas one 45 x 36 m quadrant was established that was divided into eighty 4.5 x 4.5 m plots. Twenty of these plots were randomly chosen to be sampled.
Variable Measured: Date, location, soil, species.
Methods: In each plot the area occupied by the canopy (the area enclosed by lines connecting the canopy extremities) is recorded by use of size classes: 0-1, 1-5, 5-25, 25-50, 50-75, 75-95, and 95-100%.
For list of Species codes used, please check species list (PDF), (link is external)or species list in Excel version (link is external)
For the PVC Experiment Map, please check PVC map (link is external)
For additional metadata information see: http://lter.konza.ksu.edu/sites/default/files/DC.pdf (link is external)
For additional methods information see: http://lter.konza.ksu.edu/sites/default/files/MM.pdf (link is external)