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Foliar Trait and Spectroscopy Data, Greater Cape Floristic Region, South Africa, V2
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
This dataset holds foliar trait measurements, species-level life history traits, visible-near infrared (VNIR) spectroscopy, and vegetation survey data for plant communities within the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR) of South Africa.
Description
Foliar traits measurements were made between 2010 and 2014. Releve surveys include plots from 1966 to 2014.
Trait collection efforts extended over 5.8% of the GCFR's total area, where measurements were made for 1,327 species from 99 families. The trait dataset comprises 132,195 leaf and twig structural measurements, 7,513 canopy measurements and 11,948 elemental/isotopic measurements. The spectroscopy dataset contains 3,076 VNIR spectral measurements (450-949 nm) of 1,158 species from 97 families.
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These data contribute to research initiatives such as the Biodiversity Survey of the Cape (BioSCape) project and help understand this ecosystem from a trait-based perspective. The data are provided in comma separated values (CSV) format.
Links
Get the data
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C4315606937-ORNL_CLOUD&ac=true ↗
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download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- Data set Landing Page DOI URL doi.org/10.3334/ornldaac/2528 ↗
landing page · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/bioscape/BioSCape_foliar_trait_spec_V2/comp/BioSCape_fo… ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
- BioSCAPE Project Website bioscape.io ↗
project · from NASA CMR
- Browse Image daac.ornl.gov/BIOSCAPE/guides/BioSCape_foliar_trait_spec_V2_Fig1.png ↗
preview image · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4315606937-ORNL_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4315606937-ORNL_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
Provenance · 1 source records, 21 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C4315606937-ORNL_CLOUD | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:mass-spectrometers | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:spectrometers | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/terrestrial-ecosystems/shrubland-scrub | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/canopy-characteristics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/leaf-characteristics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/plant-characteristics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/plant-characteristics/vegetation-water-content | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/vegetation-species | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/infrared-wavelengths/reflected-infrared | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/visible-wavelengths | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:field-investigation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:laboratory | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |