Multiinstitutional collaborative program'

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• Multi-institutional collaborative program.
• Established in 1988 to document the composition
  and status of natural vegetation of the
  Carolinas.
• Provides data, data services, software
  development and analysis to EEP and its
  contractors.

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• Restoration targets
• Protocols and tools
• Data management
• Data analysis
• Training

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• Document reference conditions
• Derive restoration targets
• Design site-specific restoration plan
• Implement the plan
• Monitor change and assess success
• Employ adaptive management
• CVS provides improved reference data, target
  design tools, monitoring protocols, data
  management and analysis, and training.

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• Boot camp for botanists Woodstock for botanists
  Extreme botany
• Access to sites rarely available
• Unparalleled training
• Networking opportunities
• Free lodging and free t-shirt
• Send email to peet_at_unc.edu or join the list at
  http//cvs.bio.unc.edu
• June 19-26 (NC Piedmont), July 15-22 (SC coast)

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• Student research projects
• Broad-scale collaboration and data mining
• Targeted systems
• Piedmont rivers
• Mountain bogs
• Other research projects

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National International Context

• U.S. National Vegetation Classification
  http//www.natureserve.org/explorer/
• Ecological Society of America Vegetation Panel
  Standards for associations and alliances of the
  NVC. http//www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/peet/pubs/EcoM
  onogr79173.pdf
• Ecological Society of America Vegetation Panel
  Guidelines for recording and classifying
  vegetation. http//www.esa.org/vegweb/docFiles/ESA
  _Guidelines_Version_5.2.pdf
• Federal Geographic Data Committee, Vegetation
  Subcommittee Federal standards
  http//cvs.bio.unc.edu/FGDCVegetationStandard-V2-
  2008.pdf
• VegBank http//vegbank.org

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www.vegbank.org
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• CVS Vision
• The Carolina vegetation database, available on
  the web
• Revision and documentation of the National
  Vegetation Classification
• Tools for identification and prediction of
  existing and potential vegetation
• Synthesis and reference information on the
  vegetation of the Carolinas

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• Move from crude species lists to a plot database
  and quantitative community descriptions.
• EEP contractors can use these data to establish
  site-specific restoration targets.
• Phase 1 National Vegetation Classification type
  descriptions.
• Phase 2 Dynamically generated targets.
• Growers can predict material needs.
• EEP can anticipate significantly higher success.

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• Consistent methodology
• Appropriate for most vegetation types
• FGDC compliant and broadly compatible
• Flexible in intensity and time commitment
• Easy to resample
• Total floristics /or tree population structure
• Major site variables

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• 5 sampling levels provide flexibility plus
  consistency.
• Available resources include manuals, datasets,
  and data entry tools.
• Applicable for multiple purposes and organizations

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• Level 1 Inventory of planted stems
• Level 2 Inventory of all woody stems
• Level 3 Cover of dominants and optional
  stem inventory
• Level 4 Full floristics
• Level 5 Full floristics, by module, across
  scales.

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• For restoration areas with planted stems.
• The primary purpose is to document installation
  and to monitor survival and growth of installed
  plants.

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• For restoration areas.
• Plots allow accurate and rapid assessment of the
  overall status and trajectory of woody-plant
  restoration on a site.

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• Documents leaf area cover of common species
• Conforms to the FGDC standard for plots used to
  classify vegetation to an NVC association
• Used to assess vegetation successional status as
  well as the presence and abundance of undesirable
  taxa

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• Similar to level 3, but more
• Cover values are determined for all plant species
• Additional environmental data are collected
• Plots conform to the FGDC standards for plots
  used to revise the NVC.

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• The CVS data management system insures accurate
  data collection and reporting
• The CVS data-entry tool allows efficient data
  entry with automatic error checking
• Reports and plot statistics can be automatically
  generated
• The archived data are used in various analyses
  and to generate datasheets for subsequent
  monitoring

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• Demonstrations today and tomorrow

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• Contractors use the tool to digitize organize
  data.
• Centralizes the entry process into one place
• Can calculate number of required plots for a
  project
• Efficient data entry at all CVS Levels
• Forms mimic paper datasheets
• Lookup data (species, locations) quickly
• Avoid redundant typing.
• Possible errors are flagged for resolution
• Reports summarize final data
• Download plots from our website for monitoring
• New datasheets printed for future monitoring
• SAVES TIME MONEY, DELIVERS HIGHER QUALITY DATA!

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• Data automatically checked for errors as entered.

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You don't have to retype data that is known from
last year.
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solid borders.
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• CVS reports
• Datasheets for monitoring
• Survival growth of planted stems
• Direction of compositional change
• Rate of compositional change
• Problems needing attention (e.g., stem
  mortality, exotic species)
• The data and services provided by CVS improve the
  likelihood that the monitored vegetation is
  developing towards a pre-defined reference
  condition.

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• Data summarized with click of a button
• Multiple configuration options available
• Reports based on a single year or multiple years
• Reports based on a single project or multiple
  projects

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Matrix of plots, species, and number of stems
(This page shows 3 of 10 to 12 worksheets in the
Report)
Summary of Stem Vigor
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• Contractors receive hands-on training in data
  collection and management at annual workshops
• Annual Pulse events provide intensive training
  in sampling protocols and North Carolinas plant
  species and vegetation.

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