VegBranch Loading Tables Overview -- Presence Data (D)
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| Summary: | This is one of two tables for entering information about taxa occurring on each plot. Data may also be entered to Strata Cover Loading Table, or to both tables (export users). This table stores each taxon present on each plot. |
| Description: | Each taxon observed on a plot is listed once in this loading table, optionally with with its cover (or coverCode) for the entire taxon. Each plot is linked to Plot Data by authorPlotCode. Each plant has a plantCode here, which may either link directly to a plant in the vegbank_module or to a plantCode in the Species List Loading Table. You may also use up to 9 strata here, which must then be defined in Plot Data, which are listed in 9 columns. If you do not list your strata in columns, you may prefer to use the loading table: Strata Cover. All cover/importance information will be moved to Strata Cover from this table in the loading process. |
| Required in VegBranch: | At least one of the following is required: Cover Data, Stratum Cover Data, Stem Data. These are the three different options for referencing the plant taxa on your plot. |
| Represents VegBank Tables: | taxonObservation, taxonInterpretation (part., 1-2), taxonImportance (9-10) |
| VegBranch can generate for you: | VegBranch can generate this table from Strata Cover Data table. |
| Questions: | What species were present on each plots? How certain are you about the species ID? |
| Expertise Level: | advanced |
Fields (Columns) in this table:
| » Required fields; you should always fill in values for these: | ||
| AuthorPlotCode text (100) |
Author's Plot number/code, or the original plot number if taken from literature. This "points" to the right plot in the Plot Data Loading Table. | |
| PLANTCode text (255) |
A code that refers to a plant concept. This code may be found in the Species List loading table. It may also link directly to a name in the vegbank module. For this reason, a species list loading table is not necessary, if your plants can be found in the vegbank module. Rules for how plant codes are looked up in the vegbank module may be found in the Translate Data Form, on the step where VegBranch matches your plants to VegBank plants. | |
| » Commonly used fields: | ||
| taxonCover Double |
Overall cover of the taxon across all strata, in percent | |
| taxonCoverCode text (5) |
Overall cover of the taxon across all strata, using a Cover Code from CoverIndex table | |
| » Sometimes used fields: | ||
| taxonBasalArea Double |
Total basal area of the species in the stemInferenceArea in m2/ha | |
| biomass Double |
The biomass of the species in g/m2 (potentially limitied to one stratum if stratum_ID has a value). | |
| taxonInferenceArea Double |
This is the area in m2 used to infer the cover of a given taxon. Generally this should be equal to observation.taxonInferenceArea, but at times this area may be larger or smaller for a specific taxon. | |
| overrideFit text (50) |
Indicates the degree of fit with the plant concept being assigned. Overrides any fit assigned as a default in Species List. | |
| overrideConfidence text (50) |
Indicates the degree of confidence of the interpretor(s) in the interpretation made. Overrides any confidence assigned in Species List. | |
| StratumCover1code text (10) |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum, using a Cover Code from CoverIndex table. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex1 | |
| StratumCover2code text (10) |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum, using a Cover Code from CoverIndex table. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex2 | |
| StratumCover3code text (10) |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum, using a Cover Code from CoverIndex table. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex3 | |
| StratumCover4code text (10) |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum, using a Cover Code from CoverIndex table. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex4 | |
| StratumCover5code text (10) |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum, using a Cover Code from CoverIndex table. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex5 | |
| StratumCover6code text (10) |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum, using a Cover Code from CoverIndex table. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex6 | |
| StratumCover7code text (10) |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum, using a Cover Code from CoverIndex table. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex7 | |
| StratumCover8code text (10) |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum, using a Cover Code from CoverIndex table. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex8 | |
| StratumCover9code text (10) |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum, using a Cover Code from CoverIndex table. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex9 | |
| StratumCover1 Double |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex1 | |
| StratumCover2 Double |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex2 | |
| StratumCover3 Double |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex3 | |
| StratumCover4 Double |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex4 | |
| StratumCover5 Double |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex5 | |
| StratumCover6 Double |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex6 | |
| StratumCover7 Double |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex7 | |
| StratumCover8 Double |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex8 | |
| StratumCover9 Double |
Percent cover of taxon in stratum. This cover value applies to stratum defined in Plot Data, in StratumIndex9 | |
| » Fields for expert users: | ||
| UserDef1 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef2 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef3 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef4 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef5 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef6 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef7 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef8 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef9 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef10 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef11 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef12 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef13 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef14 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef15 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef16 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef17 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef18 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef19 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef20 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef21 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef22 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef23 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef24 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| UserDef25 Text (255) |
The value of the user-defined variable. | |
| » Internal VegBranch fields, please do not edit directly: | ||
| Cover_ID autoNumber |
Database generated identifier assigned to each unique taxon observation. | |
Examples of this data table:
Simple example of Cover Data, no codes:
| AuthorPlotCode | PLANTCode | taxonCover | taxonBasalArea | taxonInferenceArea | StratumCover1 | StratumCover2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plt1 | ACRU | 12 | 12 | |||
| plt1 | QUAL | 45 | 45 | |||
| plt1 | POTECS | 8 | 8 | |||
| plt2 | CAREX | 10 | 50 | 10 | ||
| plt2 | CATO | 63 | 21.5 | 63 | ||
| plt3 | Pinus pungens | 75 | 75 | |||
| plt3 | Cornus florida | 31.5 | 13.5 | 25 |
Download this example as a .csv file