Data on vegetation across forest edges from the FERN (Forest Edge Research Network).

Autor: Harper KA; Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.; Groupe de recherche en écologie forestière, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.; School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.; Department of Biology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Gray L; Department of Biology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Macdonald SE; Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada., Lesieur D; Groupe de recherche en écologie forestière, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada., DeFields D; School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Dodonov P; Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil., Franklin CMA; Department of Biology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Haughian SR; Department of Biology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Mascarúa López L; Groupe de recherche en écologie forestière, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada., Heathcote A; Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Jager K; Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Yang R; Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Angelidis C; Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Braga AL; Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil., Butler W; Environmental Programs, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Coley S; Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Kornelsen JME; Department of Biology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Murphy L; Department of Biology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Pelton J; Environmental Programs, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Recco EV; Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil., de Oliveira Xavier R; Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil., Wilson I; Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Ribeiro MC; Department of Ecology, UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, Brazil., da Silva Matos DM; Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil., Bergeron Y; Groupe de recherche en écologie forestière, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ecology [Ecology] 2023 Jul; Vol. 104 (7), pp. e4098. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 31.
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4098
Abstrakt: Many studies have focused on vegetation across forest edges to study impacts of edges created by human activities on forest structure and composition, or patterns of vegetation at inherent natural edges. Our objective was to create a database of plant-related variables across different types of edges from various studies (mainly from across Canada, but also in Brazil and Belize) to facilitate edge research. We compiled data on vegetation along more than 300 transects perpendicular to forest edges adjacent to clear-cuts, burned areas, bogs, lakes, barrens, insect disturbances, and riparian areas from 24 studies conducted over the past three decades. Data were compiled for more than 400 plant species and forest structure variables (e.g., trees, logs, canopy cover). All data were collected with a similar sampling design of quadrats along transects perpendicular to forest edges, but with varying numbers of transects and quadrats, and distances from the edge. The purpose for most of the studies was either to determine the distance of edge influence (edge width) or to explore the pattern of vegetation along the edge to interior gradient. We provide data tables for the cover of plant species and functional groups, the species and size of live and dead trees, the density of saplings, maximum height of functional groups and shrub species, and the cover of functional groups at different heights (vertical distribution of vegetation). The Forest Edge Research Network (FERN) database provides extensive data on many variables that can be used for further study including meta-analyses and can assist in answering questions important to conservation efforts (e.g., how is distance of edge influence from created edges affected by different factors?). We plan to expand this database with subsequent studies from the authors and we invite others to contribute to make this a more global database. The data are released under a CC0 license. When using these data, we ask that you cite this data paper and any relevant publications listed in our metadata file. We also encourage you to contact the first author if you are planning to use or contribute to this database.
(© 2023 The Authors. Ecology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Ecological Society of America.)
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