41 datasets found

Field Methods: Birds will be captured via passive mist netting as well as by using target taxa song playbacks. The use of species-specific song playbacks will reduce the...

Field Methods: I will sample salamanders at five locations within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Collections will take place during June 2015. D. quadramaculatus and D....

Summary of proposed field methods and activities: Using data collected from NPS staff to analyze information on elk caving areas.

The data is from a multi-year study of the impact of an unidentified defoliator. Collected data include: diameter, height, crown class, percent live crown ratio, percent crown...

This database includes all data related to the Vegetation Monitoring and Soil Quality Vital Signs protocols at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. These data are derived from a...

Summary of proposed field methods and activities: Using data collected from NPS staff to analyze information on elk caving areas.

Field Methods: The proposed research will address the following questions: Q1. What is the frequency, volume, and orientation of LWD in GSMNP streams? Q2. What is the relative...

This database includes ratings of branch dieback, defoliation, beech scale and presence of Nectria spp. on high elevation American beech at least 3.5 cm in diameter in ten 20m x...

Field Methods: The proposed research will address the following questions: Q1. What is the frequency, volume, and orientation of LWD in GSMNP streams? Q2. What is the relative...

Specific Plot Design: Selection of specific sites will include those recently established by Dr. Karen Hughes (lead PI) at Twin Creeks (mixed burn), Baskins Creek Trail (mid to...

Field Methods: In 2003-2004, 180 locations within Great Smoky Mountains National Park were visited to inventory overstory composition, fuels, and ericaceous shrub cover (Waldrop...

This database contains all long-term vegetation monitoring data related to elk (Cervus elaphus) reintroduction and management in GRSM. Each vegetation plot consists of an...

Through 2008, 30 species of aquatic oligochaetes representing at least 4 families and 15 genera have been documented from aquatic habitats in the park, all representing new park...

This database includes monitoring and occurrence data for Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (“sochan” or “cutleaf coneflower”) throughout the park. The sochan monitoring...

Field Methods: As a component of feral swine control measures conducted by National Park Service employees within Great Smoky Mountain National Park, I would request that either...

This database includes all data related to the Vegetation Monitoring and Soil Quality Vital Signs protocols at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. These data are derived from a...

We will visit two 5k segments within GRSM as part of a larger research study on the Appalachian Trail to take an array of measurements on the condition of the A.T. tread and to...

Based on studies in the 1980s linking stream water quality (acidification) and atmospheric acid deposition, the GRSM initiated a long-term continuous water quality monitoring...

Field Methods: I will sample salamanders at five locations within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Collections will take place during June 2015. D. quadramaculatus and D....

Summary of proposed field methods and activities: With the assistance of Kim Delozier from Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, we will set 3-4 Reconyx Camera Traps on the ridges...