Name | Column Label | Definition | Type of Value | Measurement Type | Measurement Domain | Missing Value Code | Accuracy Report | Accuracy Assessment | Coverage | Method |
quadrat | quadrat name
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shapefiles | quadrat name for shapefiles
| Shapefiles have naming restrictions which required abbreviated versions of the original quadrat names | character
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Def | quadrat names for shapefiles |
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Grazing | Cattle grazing present
| Presence or absence of cattle grazing | character
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quadX | quadrat X-coordinate
| Approximate location of quadrat in East-West direction relative to the soutwest corner of exclosure 1. | float
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Unit | centimeter |
Precision | 0.01 |
Type | real |
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quadY | quadrat Y coordinate
| Location of quadrat in North-South direction relative to the soutwest corner of exclosure 1. | float
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Unit | centimeter |
Precision | 0.01 |
Type | real |
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Description | Vegetation description
| Original description of quadrat vegetation in the 1930's. | character
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Def | Vegetation description |
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community | vegetation community
| Code for quadrat vegetation based on the original description and dominant plant species | character
| nominal |
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group | quadrat group
| The original investigators established groups of quadrats with similar vegetation. This code species the plant community and quadrat group within that community (last digit). | character
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