Corridor Project Data, Plant Species in Matrix, Savannah River Site, SC USA, 2007

These data document plant species richness in the mature pine plantation forest (i.e. matrix) surrounding focal patches of open habitat in the Corridor Project experimental landscapes. Each of eight replicated landscapes contains five open patches: one central patch surrounded by four peripheral patches. The central patch is connected to one peripheral patch by a corridor; the unconnected peripheral patches have either a rectangular or winged shape. Matrix surrounding one connected, one rectangle, and one winged patch was sampled in each landscape for this study (24 patches total). This data set details plant species composition in the matrix surrounding each patch. Sampling was conducted within 5 contiguous10x10m plots (forming a 50 x 10m transect), that radiated out from each corner of a patch (four transects per patch).

本数据集记录了廊道项目（Corridor Project）实验景观中，开放生境目标斑块周边的成熟针叶人工林（即基质生境（matrix））内的植物物种丰富度。
共设置8个重复实验景观，每个景观包含5个开放生境斑块：1个中心斑块被4个外围斑块环绕。该中心斑块通过一条廊道与1个外围斑块相连；未连通的外围斑块则分为矩形与翼形两种形态。
本研究在每个景观中分别对1个连通斑块、1个矩形外围斑块及1个翼形外围斑块周边的基质生境进行取样，总计取样24个斑块。
本数据集详细记录了每个斑块周边基质生境中的植物物种组成。
取样工作在5个连续布设的10米×10米样方（构成一条50米×10米的样带）中开展，这些样方从斑块的四个角向外辐射布设，每个斑块布设4条样带。