1986 Vegetation Inventory (3000 acres)

• Investigators: Emery Boose, John Edwards, David Foster, Ernest Gould
• Contact: Emery Boose
• Start date: 1986-01-01
• End date: 1993-12-31
• Location: Harvard Forest
• Latitude: +42.45 to +42.55
• Longitude: -72.23 to -72.16
• Elevation: 205 to 420 meters
• Taxa:
• Keywords: forest dynamics, inventory
• Release date: 2000
• EML version: knb-lter-hfr.37.2
• Revisions: data updated 2003-06-18
• Abstract:

  The three main tracts of the Harvard Forest (3000 acres) in Petersham MA have been sampled every 10-30 years since 1907. Though methods have varied, each survey has involved mapping forest stands followed by intensive sampling.

  In the most recent inventory (1986-1993), stands were identified using color infared maps taken in fall 1985 for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management. Stand boundaries were verified on the ground. A minimum of three randomly located, variable radius, permanent plots were established in each stand. Each plot was measured using a standard forestry prism.

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• Related datasets: HF039 HF055