Microclimate stratification in modified forests

Microclimate datalogger recordings along a gradient from forest floor to forest canopy

Project: This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: Microclimate stratification in modified forests

XML metadata: GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available here

Files: This consists of 1 file: template_HardwickVerticalStratification.xlsx

template_HardwickVerticalStratification.xlsx

This file contains dataset metadata and 2 data tables:

1. Site information (described in worksheet SitesGuide)

   Description: Location of mciroclimate monitoring sites in relation to nearest forest edge

   Number of fields: 3

   Number of data rows: 12

   Fields:

   • Name: Site of the measurement (Field type: Location)
   • EdgeDistance: Distance of site from nearest edge. NB: sites with '200m' are a minimum, estimated distance - sites may have been further way; these sites are referred to as 'CORE' and were used as control sites for analysis (Field type: Numeric)
   • TreeHeight: Height of the tree (Field type: Numeric)

2. Microclimate stratification (described in worksheet microclimate)

   Description: Microclimate datalogger recordings along a gradient from forest floor to forest canopy

   Number of fields: 8

   Number of data rows: 290605

   Fields:

   • Plot: Site of microclimate measurement (Field type: Location)
   • Height: Height above ground. NB: Negative values indicate belowground sites (Field type: Numeric)
   • TreeTop: Top of tree canopy? (Field type: Categorical)
   • time: Date and time of microclimate reading (Field type: Datetime)
   • Temp: Temperature (Field type: Numeric)
   • RH: Relative humidity (Field type: Numeric)
   • LoggerType: Brand of datalogger being used (Field type: Categorical)
   • LoggerID: Serial number of the datalogger used to record microclimate (Field type: ID)

Date range: 2013-06-22 to 2015-10-28

Latitudinal extent: 4.6837 to 4.6839

Longitudinal extent: 117.5859 to 117.5863