Data from Cedar Creek LTER on productivity and species richness
  for use in a workshop titled "An Analysis of the Relationship between
  Productivity and Diversity using Experimental Results from the Long-Term
  Ecological Research Network" held at NCEAS in September 1996.
    
      
        Mr.
        Clarence
        Lehman
      
      
        Department of Ecology Evolution and Behavior
      
        100 Ecology Bldg
        1987 Upper Buford Circle
        St. Paul
        MN
        55108-6097
        USA
      
      612-624-6731
      lehman@lter.umn.edu
    
    
      
        Mr.
        Richard
        Inouye
      
      
        Department of Biological Science
        Idaho State University
        Campus Box 8007
        Pocatello
        ID
        83209-8007
        USA
      
      208-236-2933
      inouye@lter.umn.edu
    
    
      Old field grassland
      biomass
      productivity
      species-area
      species richness
    
    
      clarence.lehman
    
    
      richard.inouye
    
    
      CDR LTER-patterns among communities.txt
      patterns amoung communities at CDR
      
        CDR LTER-patterns among communities.txt
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          fld
          Field
          Field where the data was collected
        
          string
          
            
              
                
                  Valid names of fields
                
              
            
          
        
        
          year
          year
          The year the data was collected
        
          gYear
          
            
              YYYY
              1
              
                
                  1944
                
              
            
          
        
        
          sr
          Species Richness
          Species richness for CDR
          float
          
            
              
                number
              
              0.5
              
                real
                
                  0
                
              
            
          
        
        
          pctcov
          percent cover
          The percent ground cover on the field
        
          float
          
            
              
                dimensionless
              
              0.1
              
                real
                
                  0
                  1e2
                
              
            
          
        
        
          avesr91
          Average Species Richness for 1991
          The average species richness for the field in 1991
        
          float
          
            
              
                second
              
              0.1
              
                real
                
                  0
                
              
            
          
        
        
          avesr92
          Average Species Richness for 1992
          The average species richness for the field in 1992
        
          float
          
            
              
                cubicFeetPerSecond
              
              0.1
              
                nd.5
              
            
          
        
        
          avesr93
          Average Species Richness for 1993
          The average species richness for the field in 1993
        
          float
          
            
              
                cubicMeter
              
              0.1
              
                nd.5
              
            
          
        
        
          avesr94
          Average Species Richness for 1994
          The average species richness for the field in 1994
        
          float
          
            
              
                radian
              
              0.1
              
                nd.5
              
            
          
        
        
          avesr95
          Average Species Richness for 1995
          The average species richness for the field in 1995
        
          float
          
            
              
                meter
              
              0.1
              
                nd.5
              
            
          
        
        
          avesr96
          Average Species Richness for 1996
          The average species richness for the field in 1996
        
          float
          
            
              
                inch
              
              0.1
              
                nd.5
              
            
          
        
        
          MeanSR
          mean species richness
          the mean species richness from 1991 to 1996
        
          float
          
            
              
                nanogram
              
              0.1
              
                nd.5
              
            
          
        
        
          biomass
          Biomass
          The total biomass measured in this field
        
          float
          
            
              
                gramsPerSquareMeter
              
              0.01
              
                real
                
                  0
                
              
            
          
        
        
          sppm2
          Species Per Square Meter
          Calculated species per square meter
        
          float
          
            
              
                speciesPerSquareMeter
              
              0.01
              
                real
                
                  0
                
              
            
          
        
        
          time
          Time
          The time of day for this observation, 24 hour clock
        
          time
          
            
              hh:mm:ss.s
              0.1
              
                
                  15:00:00.0
                  19:00:00.0
                
              
            
          
        
      
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