Title

1980 Lilley Cornett Woods Soil Data

Authors

Ryan W. McEwan, University of DaytonFollow
Julia I. Chapman, University of DaytonFollow
Robert N. Muller, University of Kentucky

Files

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

2017

DOI

10.26890/lcw.4b97vlypkk

Disciplines

Botany | Forest Biology | Forest Sciences | Other Plant Sciences | Plant Biology | Plant Sciences

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.

Recommended Citation

McEwan, Ryan W.; Chapman, Julia I.; and Muller, Robert N.. 1980 Lilley Cornett Woods Soil Data. Data Files: Big Everidge Hollow Permanent Plots [dataset]. https://doi.org/10.26890/lcw.4b97vlypkk