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Mammal species recorded within the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest and vicinity (1963-2020; updated January 2021).

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-hbr.284.2
Title:Mammal species recorded within the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest and vicinity (1963-2020; updated January 2021).
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

This dataset contains confirmed observations of mammal species at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest and adjacent Mirror Lake. The original is was published as Holmes, R. T. and G. E. Likens. 1999. Organisms of the Hubbard Brook Valley, New Hampshire. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, General Tech. Report NE-257. 32 pp. The list is updated here (January 2021) to include additional species observed since the original publication, with annotated comments by R.T. Holmes, H. ter Hofstede (bats) and L. Christenson (from motion-detecting cameras, 2014-2019).

Publication Date:2021-01-27

Time Period
Begin:
1963-01-01
End:
2020-12-31

People and Organizations
Contact:Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study [  email ]
Creator:Holmes, Richard (Dartmouth University)
Creator:ter Hofstede, Hannah (Dartmouth University)
Creator:Christenson, Lynn (Vassar College)
Creator:Likens, Gene (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
HubbardBrookObservedMammals
Description:
Mammals observed at Hubbard Brook and Mirror Lake
Detailed Metadata

Data Entities


Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-hbr/284/2/ca6b53115cfe140483b1db08908e0a2f
Name:HubbardBrookObservedMammals
Description:Mammals observed at Hubbard Brook and Mirror Lake
Number of Records:41
Number of Columns:6

Table Structure
Object Name:HubbardBrookObservedMammals.csv
Size:6807 bytes
Authentication:7421564de9f71c1a63f88135ccdfa0a7 Calculated By MD5
Text Format:
Number of Header Lines:1
Record Delimiter:\n
Orientation:column
Simple Delimited:
Field Delimiter:,
Quote Character:"

Table Column Descriptions
 
Column Name:Order  
Family  
Scientific_name  
Common_name  
Acoustic_identification  
Notes  
Definition:Taxonomic orderTaxonomic familyGenus and speciesCommon nameAcoustic identification, applicable to batsComments on distribution
Storage Type:string  
string  
string  
string  
string  
string  
Measurement Type:nominalnominalnominalnominalnominalnominal
Measurement Values Domain:
DefinitionTaxonomic order
DefinitionTaxonomic family
DefinitionGenus and species
DefinitionCommon name
Allowed Values and Definitions
Enumerated Domain 
Code Definition
CodeYES
DefinitionSpecies has been identified acoustically
Source
Code Definition
Code"NA"
DefinitionApplicable to bats only, all others NA
Source
DefinitionComments on distribution
Missing Value Code:        
CodeNA
ExplApplicable to bats only, all others NA
 
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Data Package Usage Rights

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Controlled Vocabularyecosystems, forests, mammals
HBES VocabularyHBR, Hubbard Brook LTER, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study, HBES, HBEF, New Hampshire, NH, White Mountain National Forest
ISO 19115 Topic Categorybiota
National Research & Development TaxonomyEcology, Ecosystems, & Environment

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package
Description:

See dataset abstract.

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Environmental Data Initiative
Email Address:
info@environmentaldatainitiative.org
Web Address:
https://environmentaldatainitiative.org
Creators:
Individual: Richard Holmes
Organization:Dartmouth University
Email Address:
Richard.T.Holmes@dartmouth.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6705-6269
Individual: Hannah ter Hofstede
Organization:Dartmouth University
Email Address:
Hannah.ter.Hofstede@dartmouth.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7870-760X
Individual: Lynn Christenson
Organization:Vassar College
Email Address:
lychristenson@vassar.edu
Individual: Gene Likens
Organization:Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Email Address:
likensg@caryinstitute.org
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0884-2726
Contacts:
Organization:Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study
Email Address:
hbr-im@lternet.edu

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period
Begin:
1963-01-01
End:
2020-12-31
Geographic Region:
Description:Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  43.959Southern:  43.914
Western:  -71.8062Eastern:  -71.689

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:Long-Term Ecological Research at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (1988)
Personnel:
Individual: Timothy Fahey
Organization:Cornell University
Email Address:
tjf5@cornell.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-1162
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF) 8702331
Related Project:
Title:Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (1992)
Personnel:
Individual: Timothy Fahey
Organization:Cornell University
Email Address:
tjf5@cornell.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-1162
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF) 9211768
Related Project:
Title:LTER: Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (1998)
Personnel:
Individual: Timothy Fahey
Organization:Cornell University
Email Address:
tjf5@cornell.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-1162
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF) 9810221
Related Project:
Title:Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBR-LTER) (2005)
Personnel:
Individual: Timothy Fahey
Organization:Cornell University
Email Address:
tjf5@cornell.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-1162
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF) 0423259
Related Project:
Title:Long-Term Ecological Research at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (2010)
Personnel:
Individual: Timothy Fahey
Organization:Cornell University
Email Address:
tjf5@cornell.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-1162
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF) 1114804
Related Project:
Title:LTER: Long Term Ecological Research at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (2016)
Personnel:
Individual: Gary Lovett
Organization:Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Email Address:
lovettg@caryinstitute.org
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8411-8027
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF) 1637685
Related Project:
Title:Long-Term Ecological Research at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (2016)
Personnel:
Individual: Gary Lovett
Organization:Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Email Address:
lovettg@caryinstitute.org
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8411-8027
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF) 1633026

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:ongoing
Frequency:
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