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.