Data Object Description
Identifier:fridley.7.1
Name:Permanent quadrat data
Description:Vascular plant cover values in 20x20 cm subplots within 1m2 center quadrat of each plot, 1994 and 2003
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:permquad_alldata.csv
Text Format:
Attribute Orientation:column
Simple Delimited:
Field Delimeter:,
Online Distribution Info:
 ecogrid://knb/fridley.6.1
Attribute(s) Info:
NameColumn LabelDefinitionType of ValueMeasurement TypeMeasurement DomainMissing Value CodeAccuracy ReportAccuracy AssessmentCoverageMethod
yearyear  
year of measurement   dateTime
         
blockblock  
experimental block   nominal
Defblock
         
plotplot  
experimental plot label   nominal
Defplot label
         
quadratquadrat  
quadrat within m2 plot (1-25)   interval
Unitdimensionless
Typenatural
         
speciesspecies  
species name   nominal
Defspecies
         
scorescore  
cover value (1-5): 1=1-4%, 2=5-24%, 3=25-49%, 4=50-74% and 5=75%+   ordinal
Defcover value (classes)
         
midpointmidpoint  
midpoint of cover class   ordinal
Defcover value midpoint
         
treatmenttreatment  
climate treatment   nominal
Defclimate treatment
         
soil depthsoil depth  
soil depth (mm)   ratio
Unitmillimeter
Typenatural