Cary spongy moth tree data
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 dataset 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.
To understand the impacts of spongy moth, a non-native forest pest, every stage of the spongy moth life cycle was monitored. This included counts of spongy moths in each life stage as well as the effects of the caterpillar’s consumption of forest trees. The measurements included spongy moth egg mass density and fecundity, egg mass hatch and parasitism, late instar larval density, pupal density (at high density), canopy photos to estimate defoliation, visual estimate of defoliation, mechanisms of moth release, including white footed mouse and chipmunk removals in 1995, 1997 and 1998, larval & pupal persistence, pupal predation, natural pupation and pupal viral analysis.
The data included here are spongy moth tree measurement data collected at each of the FORSTAD grids, Teahouse Hill and North Canoe Hill. Some of the data were collected prior to the onset of the FORSTAD project.
File list:
FORSTAD_Teahouse_Hill_Spongy_Moth_Tree_Data_1981_1998.csv
FORSTAD_North_Canoe_Hill_Spongy_Moth_Tree_Data_1987_1998.csv
FORSTAD_Green_Control_Spongy_Moth_Tree_Data_1994_1998.csv
FORSTAD_Green_Exp_Spongy_Moth_Tree_Data_1994_1998.csv
FORSTAD_Red_Control_Spongy_Moth_Tree_Data_1991_1998.csv
FORSTAD_Red_Exp_Spongy_Moth_Tree_Data_1994_1998.csv
FORSTAD_Yellow_Control_Spongy_Moth_Tree_Data_1991_1998.csv
FORSTAD_Yellow_Exp_Spongy_Moth_Tree_Data_1994_1998.csv
FORSTAD_Spongy_Moth_Tree_Metadata_public.pdf - contains complete project metadata, personnel, methodology, bibliography, and definitions for data variables in each of the data files
See Related Materials for more data from the spongy moth sub-project.
Funding
US Forest Service, USDA, Cooperative Agreement 23-973
US Forest Service, USDA, Cooperative Agreement 23-072
US Forest Service, USDA, Cooperative Agreement 23-154
US Forest Service, USDA, Cooperative Agreement 23-272
NYS Department of Environmental Conservaton, Microhabitat studies on the gypsy moth: Pilot project
NYS Department of Environmental Conservaton, Improving prediction of gypsy moth outbreaks
General Reinsurance Corporation, Long-term monitoring of critical environmental problems
Direct and Indirect Effects on Community Resilience in Oak Forests
Directorate for Biological Sciences
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