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GCE-LTER Data Set Summary
| Accession: | INS-GCEM-2004a | Research Theme: | Terrestrial Insect Ecology (Monitoring) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Steven C. Pennings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Annual monitoring of mid-marsh grazing scar at eight GCE LTER sampling sites from 2017 - 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract: | Damage by chewing herbivores (grazing scars) was measured at eight sampling sites within the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems (GCE) LTER study area annually in July. Visual surveys were conducted along 8 2m by 10m transects randomly allocated within the mid-marsh zone at each site. Herbivore damage was measured by visually estimating the percent area of leaves missing (grazing scars) to haphazardly chosen leaves along the transect. This survey was conducted as part of the GCE invertebrate monitoring program, and will be performed annually to assess long-term changes in relative species abundances across the GCE study area. In 2024 only 3 sites were sampled due to time and weather constraints. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.6073/pasta/f9cac10dbbc0a2e08192519ba5bcbf4e | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Key Words: | abundance, grasshoppers, insects, marshes, permanent plots, population dynamics, species diversity, terrestrial, Terrestrial Insect Monitoring | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LTER Core Area: | Population Studies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Research Themes: | Terrestrial Insect Ecology, Population Ecology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Study Period: | 31-Jul-2017 to 04-Aug-2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Study Sites: |
GCE1 -- Eulonia, Georgia, USA
GCE2 -- Four Mile Island, Georgia, USA GCE3 -- North Sapelo, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA GCE4 -- Meridian, Georgia, USA GCE5 -- Folly River, Georgia, USA GCE6 -- Dean Creek, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA GCE9 -- Rockdedundy Island, Georgia, USA GCE10 -- Hunt Camp, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA » Download Geographic Coverage:
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Data Table: INS-GCEM-2004a (Main data table for data set INS-GCEM-2004a, 576 records) Access: Public (released 17-Apr-2020) Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language) Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [9.71kb], Text File [9.47kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [28.86kb], MATLAB (Variables) [44.45kb], Text Report [68.68kb] Column List:(hide)
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| Statistics: | Generate script code to retrieve data tables for analysis in: MATLAB, R, SAS, SPSS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citation: | Pennings, Steven C. 2020. Annual monitoring of mid-marsh grazing scar at eight GCE LTER sampling sites from 2017 - 2025. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project, University of Georgia, Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/f9cac10dbbc0a2e08192519ba5bcbf4e | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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