MooseBrowse {NCStats}R Documentation

Scots pines heights in three treatment groups.

Description

The height of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trees in three treatment groups and a control group.

Usage

data(MooseBrowse)

Format

A data frame with 140 observations on the following 2 variables.

height
Height of trees (cm).
treat
Treatment group factor with levels Control, Fertilized, Clipped, and Shaded. See details.

Details

The treatment groups codes consisted of the following manipulations. Itemize{

  • Control: no manipulation
  • Fertilized: 60g of nitrogen (ammonium nitrate) was applied to the soil within a 2-m radius of each tree at the beginning of the growing season
  • Clipped: all shoots produced in the previous growing year were removed
  • Shaded: the top- and lateral-most branches were covered with a shade cloth that reduced the light intensity by 50 }

    Source

    data estimated from from Edenius, L. 1993. Browsing by moose on Scots pine in relation to plant resource availability. Ecology 74:2261-2269.


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