est: Estimation data

In phytomosaic/grlyr: Ground Layer Estimation

Description

Estimation data at 96 plots measured in 2014 from interior Alaska, USA.

Usage

data(est)

Format

A data.frame of 6256 observations of functional groups in microquads.

Details

Non-destructive measurements were collected for the US Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis program. The specific FIA protocol is the 'Ground Layer Indicator' (FIA 2018), first implemented as part of the Interior Alaska Inventory beginning in 2014. Plot coordinates have been fuzzed. See Smith et al. (2015) and Smith et al. (2017) for use in publications.

References

Smith, R.J., J.C. Benavides, S. Jovan, M. Amacher, and B. McCune. 2015. A rapid method for landscape assessment of carbon storage and ecosystem function in moss and lichen ground layers. The Bryologist 118(1): 32–45.

Smith, R. J., S. Jovan, A. N. Gray, and B. McCune. 2017. Sensitivity of carbon stores in boreal forest moss mats - effects of vegetation, topography and climate. Plant and Soil 421:31–42.

FIA [Forest Inventory and Analysis Program]. 2018. Field Instructions for the Annual Inventory of Alaska 2018: Supplement for Interior Alaska. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Anchorage, Alaska.

phytomosaic/grlyr documentation built on May 25, 2020, 7:04 p.m.