TITLE
Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest Valleywide Plots: GIS Shapefile
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(s)
John
Campbell
USDA Forest Service
PO Box 640
Durham, NH 03824
USA
Phone: (603) 868-7643
This coverage was developed as part of Paul Schwarz's dissertation research.
Fifteen North-South transects were established at 500m intervals to span the entire
Hubbard Brook Valley. Between 1995 and 1997, 371 plots were positioned at 100m and
200m intervals along each transect. In 1998, 60 additional plots were positioned:
three plots were placed at 25m intervals between two existing plots at 20 locations
that were stratified according to elevation and aspect and selected at random.
Hence, a system of 431 permanent 500 square meter circular plots were established.
No plots were located in the six experimental watersheds designated for ecosystem
research. The sampling layout of the plots was chosen to facilitate the analysis of
spatial patterns in the forest vegetation by utilizing a wide range of distance
intervals between plots. These intervals ranged from approximately 25m to several
thousand meters. Data distributed as shapefile in
Coordinate system EPSG:26919 - NAD83 / UTM zone 19N.
USDA Forest Service
PO Box 640
Durham, NH 03824
USA
Phone: (603) 868-7643
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LOCATION
Hubbard Brook
West bounding coordinate: -71.792468
East bounding coordinate: -71.703318
North bounding coordinate: 43.961847
South bounding coordinate: 43.915683
East bounding coordinate: -71.703318
North bounding coordinate: 43.961847
South bounding coordinate: 43.915683
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