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Dataset
1980 Lilley Cornett Woods Soil Data
Data Files: Big Everidge Hollow Permanent Plots
  • Ryan W. McEwan, University of Dayton
  • Julia I. Chapman, University of Dayton
  • Robert N. Muller, University of Kentucky
Description

Data collected in 1980 on the soil in the Big Everidge Hollow portion of the Lilley Cornett Woods Appalachian Ecological Research Station in southeastern Kentucky. Data key is provided in a supplemental file.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26890/lcw.4b97vlypkk

Publication Date
1-1-2017
DOI
10.26890/lcw.4b97vlypkk
Comments

COLUMN KEY FOR SOIL DATA

  • Header: Description
  • Plot_Name: Plot name indicating topographic position based on aspect (N = North, E = East, S = South) and elevation (U = Upper, M = Mid, L = Lower)
  • Plot_No: Numerical plot ID; ranges from 1 to 80
  • Moist: Gravimetric soil moisture (%)
  • Ca: Extractable calcium
  • Mg: Extractable magnesium
  • K: Extractable postassium
  • H.ion: Hydrogen ion concentration
  • Base: Base cation saturation (%)
  • NH4: Plant available ammonium
  • NO3: Plant available nitrate
  • CEC: Cation exchange capacity
  • Zn: Extractable zinc
  • Mn: Extractable manganese
  • P: Extractable phosphorus
  • pH: Soil pH

Notes: For 1980 methods see: Muller, R.N. 1982. Vegetation Patterns in the Mixed Mesophytic Forest of Eastern Kentucky. Ecology 63(6): 1901-1917. For 2001 methods see: McEwan, R.W., R.N. Muller, and B.C. McCarthy. 2005. Vegetation-Environment Relationships Among Woody Species in Four Canopy-Layers in an Old-Growth Mixed Mesophytic Forest. Castanea 70: 32-46.

Citation Information
Ryan W. McEwan, Julia I. Chapman and Robert N. Muller. "1980 Lilley Cornett Woods Soil Data" (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ryan_mcewan/5/