Cary spongy moth project: General information

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posted on 2025-04-28, 20:44 authored by Clive G. Jones, Victoria KellyVictoria Kelly

The Forest Response to Stress and Damage (frequently referred to as FORSTAD) and long term forest monitoring project began in 1992 to study how mixed-oak forests respond to multiple forms of environmental change. The research took place at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in the Hudson Valley of New York. FORSTAD included several sub-projects including (1) air pollution and nutrient cycling dynamics, (2) spongy moth population dynamics, (3) small mammal dynamics and (4) vegetation dynamics. This documentation is a contribution to the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and is part of the Long term monitoring of forest ecosystems: Cary spongy moth dynamics.

File list:

FORSTAD_Spongy_Moth_Project_Description.pdf - overview of the spongy moth sub-project, including a publication list.

Spongy_Moth_Data_Types_All_Projects.pdf - comprehensive list of spongy moth datasets, with plot information, locations, main variables collected.

FORSTAD_Plot_Locations_&_Descriptions.pdf - detailed locations and descriptions for all FORSTAD and spongy moth plots.

See Related Materials for more data from the spongy moth sub-project.

History

Geographic description

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook NY 12545

Data Contact

jonesc@caryinstitute.org

Secondary Data Contact

datamanagement@caryinstitute.org

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