Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Fern surveys

Changes in fern diversity and abundance were monitored prior to and during the Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE). The abundance of all terrestrial fern species on the CTE plots is recorded for each subplot at annual intervals in January. The fern abundance and diversity changes in response to the block locations, treatments and other experiments conducted on subplots will be evaluated as the experiment proceeds. All surveys are done by Joanne Sharpe alone unless otherwise noted in the Comments. Only Block B was surveyed in January 2005 as other blocks had only partially been manipulated. Note that Variable abbreviations for fields common to all CTE data are in CAPS.