This file contains meta-data for photo/file <1971-01 Webber IBP Species Info Niwot Ridge.txt>. Contains Information on species observed in sampling of Webber and Ebert-May's former IBP plots on Niwot Ridge between 1971 and 2001, Colorado. GENERAL INFORMATION PI/DATA CONTACT= Webber, Patrick J (MSU)/ Tweedie, Craig E FUNDING SOURCE AWARD # = NSF OPP 9906692 DATA COVERAGE = START: 19710101; STOP: 20010831 UTC PLATFORM/SITE = Niwot Ridge, Colorado (40o3'N 105o36'W); INSTRUMENT = None DATA VERSION = 1.0 (25 January 2002) CONTACT INFORMATION Craig E. Tweedie 100 North Kedzie Hall Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1031 Voice: 517 355-1285 Fax: 517 432-2150 Email: tweedie@msu.edu DATA Data summarise the species syntaxy between sampling dates (1972 & 1999). Nomenclature has been standardized from the following: Weber, W.A. 1976. Rocky Mountain Flora. Colorado Associated University Press. Boulder, Colorado. META-DATA FORMAT The following prefixes have been used to designate data type. str - indicates string (text) data dtm - indicates date time data num - indicates numeric data mem - indicates memo data FIELD DESCRIPTIONS for <1971 Webber IBP Species Info Niwot Ridge.txt> strSppCode - Syntaxy code. strFinSpp - Updated species syntaxy code. StrSpeciesName - Full species name StrAuthority - Species name authority. strFamily - Family name of species. strType - Type of plant. strFunctCode - Functional type code. strFunctName - Functional type. MemComments - Comments. NOTE If strSppCode and strSppFin are separated from the above table, a loop can be created in a relational database that links strSpp in each sampling dataset to strSppCode then a second link from strFinSpp to strSppCode in the above table to update species syntaxy between sampling dates. This list is still being standardized. Details on the IBP Niwot Ridge site can be found in: Ebert-May, Diane. 1973. Models For Predicting Composition and Production of Alpine Tundra Vegetation From Niwot Ridge, Colorado. B.S. Thesis. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. 99 pp.