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Peter Green edited this page Sep 15, 2025 · 13 revisions

For each subplot surveyed, data is collected for the subplot and for the three forest layers:

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Data collected for each subplot

field note
uuid the unique ID of a given survey
datetime date and time of survey
Status 'baseline' or 'initial invasive removal'
surveyors
notes
SectorID a.k.a transect id
Subplot
densiometer

Canopy data

field note
uuid autogenerated unique id per individual tree
name common name
scientific_name
notes
dbh
distance to tree
top percent scale
bottom percent scale
observer 2 distance to tree
observer 2 top percent scale
observer 2 bottom percent scale

Adaptive layer data

field note
uuid
name
Seedling count
Stem count
Browse sign

Understory data

field note
uuid
name
Seedling count
Stem count
Browse sign

Manual Data Collection

Paper form

The tried-and-true paper form being translated to a digital form above. (Note the three layers.)

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Paper form is then transcribed into a Google Sheet with the following fields

field
Data entered by:
Date
Transect ID
Sub-plot/Quadrat #
Baseline (0) or Initial Invasive Removal (1)
Forest layer
Tree Species (botanical)
Common name
Normalized Common name (species name only, lowercase)
# of stems
Ash health scale (0-3)
DBH (inches)
DBH (cm)
Distance to tree (ft)
% Top of tree (observer 1)
% Bottom of tree (observer 1)
Tree Height (ft) (Observer 1)
% Top of tree (observer 2)
% Bottom of tree (observer 2)
Tree Height (ft) (observer 2)
Additional notes:

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