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Plant census and microenvironment dataset from Mt. Baldy, Colorado, USA, 2014-2017
The data comprise a long-term study of alpine plant community dynamics in the Gunnison National Forest of Colorado. The data comprise annual census data for all plants (including seedlings) in each of 50 2x2m plots, including information on size, reproduction, life stage, and mortality, with all plants identified and geo-located. These data are also made available transformed to provide individual-level estimates of growth, survival, fecundity, and recruitment. The dataset covers several thousand individuals of approximately twenty species, and highlights an apparent pattern of demographic decline. The data also include information on microenvironment / microedaphic variation at 2 m resolution covering the entire research site, including information on temperatures, topography, soil chemistry, soil texture, and other variables. The data also include information on the functional traits of many of the species present at the site, including information on biomass allocation, leaf traits, root traits, seed traits, and floral traits. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d850fcd2-b70a-415e-acf4-fc27b38d59c1
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- Date (Publication)
- 2020-07-22
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d850fcd2-b70a-415e-acf4-fc27b38d59c1
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- doi: / 10.5285/d850fcd2-b70a-415e-acf4-fc27b38d59c1
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Blonder, B., Kapas, R.E., Dalton, R.M., Graae, B.J., Heiling, J.M., Opedal, Ø.H. (2020). Plant census and microenvironment dataset from Mt. Baldy, Colorado, USA, 2014-2017. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/d850fcd2-b70a-415e-acf4-fc27b38d59c1
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Oxford Blonder, B. Author Norwegian University of Science and Technology Kapas, R.E.
Author Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Dalton, R.M.
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Author Norwegian University of Science and Technology Graae, B.J.
Author North Carolina State University Heiling, J.M.
Author Norwegian University of Science and Technology Opedal, Ø.H.
Author University of Oxford
Blonder, B.
Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher
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© Natural Environment Research Council
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Blonder, B., Kapas, R.E., Dalton, R.M., Graae, B.J., Heiling, J.M., Opedal, Ø.H. (2020). Plant census and microenvironment dataset from Mt. Baldy, Colorado, USA, 2014-2017. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d850fcd2-b70a-415e-acf4-fc27b38d59c1
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- Grid
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- Text, table
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- 100 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Biota
- Environment
- Begin date
- 2014-01-01
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- 2017-12-31
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- WGS 84
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
R Statistical Raster Data (grd/gri)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/d850fcd2-b70a-415e-acf4-fc27b38d59c1 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/d850fcd2-b70a-415e-acf4-fc27b38d59c1.zip Supporting information
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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In 2014 a set of 50 2x2 m plots were established on primarily bare screefield on a southeast-facing ridgeline on Mt Baldy in the Gunnison National Forest of southwestern Colorado. Annually all individual plants are mapped, permanently tagged, and followed for growth, reproduction, mortality, and recruitment. These data were continued through 2017 in the present dataset. In 2015 several individuals of each species were excavated with roots, harvested, and measured for a range of functional traits. Prior to excavation some additional traits were measured on living individuals. In 2016 iButton dataloggers were deployed on a 2m grid pattern at the site, and soil samples were taken at the same points. Samples were analyzed in a soils lab and used to provide environmental and edaphic information for the site.
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- d850fcd2-b70a-415e-acf4-fc27b38d59c1 XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-03-21T13:22:30
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- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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