vegetation: Vegetation data for every quadrat

Description Usage Format

Description

A dataset containing the visual percent cover estimates for all species identified in every quadrat of every strip.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 10416 rows and 7 columns:

year

The year the data was collected

quadratID

A unique code each quadrat. Reads like "siteID_stripID_quadratNumber"

siteID

A unique 3 letter code for the site

speciesID

A unique 5 letter code for each species - consists of first 3 letters of genus, followed by first two letters of species. Ex: Ratibida pinnata = ratpi

cover

Visual percent cover of vegetation. Has 7 distinct catagories.

notes

Any notes taken during data collection

flowering

Whether or not a species was flowering - This was data we thought we'd collect throughout sampling for another project, but we really didn't end up consistently recording it. Therefore it can largely be ignored.


lydiaPenglish/STRIPS2veg documentation built on June 9, 2020, 10:16 a.m.