Metadata for FIA P3 data on lichen
Description
This data describe the abundance of individual lichen species across the U.S. as recorded in the Forest Health and Monitoring dataset of the Forest Inventory and Analysis program (i.e. Phase 3 plots). This dataset is not publicly accessible because: These data are already housed on the USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis site (see below). It can be accessed through the following means: The lichen data for this product are from the USDA Forest Services (USFS) Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Phase 3 (P3) dataset - Forest Health and Monitoring. The metadata and database description for the FIA-P3 is here (https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/library/database-documentation/). The data itself is located at the USFS Data Mart here (https://apps.fs.usda.gov/fia/datamart/CSV/datamart_csv.html) in two files: “LICHEN_PLOT_SUMMARY.zip,” and “LICHEN_VISIT.zip.”
Point of contact: Linda Geiser, lgeiser@fs.fed.us. Format: The data are in .csv format.
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Tags
- atmospheric-deposition
- nitrogen-deposition
- biodiversity
- annual-naaqs
- critical-loads
- lichen
- sulfur-deposition