Look up stand ages

[teixeirak]

For records that you plan to use (GPP, NPP), please identify records with missing stand age (stand.age in MEASUREMENTS). Consider only those with the 'NAC' code.

1. Look up citations (citation.ID) following these instructions. (If you have trouble with the instructions, please ask me or Valentine, then update instructions so they're clear to you. Search for Github instructions on how to edit .md files.).
2. Look for stand age information in the publication (commonly--but not always-- in site descriptions at beginning of methods). Please ask if you have any questions.
3. Enter stand ages in MEASUREMENTS, submit to master version as a pull request. See these instructions. I will review and approve.
4. Please highlight in the pdf where you obtained the stand age and load the pdf to the References repository.

You'll want to do all this through Github desktop.

[nancyfey123]

Hi Krista, The first link labeled "these instructions" is not working.

[teixeirak]

Try now.

[nancyfey123]

It worked. Working on it with the current publications now. Are the two instruction links supposed to be the same?

[teixeirak]

I'm not doing well with links in this issue! It is fixed now.

[teixeirak]

@nancyfey123, Thanks for looking up all the age info! I've now reviewed your changes (as documented here). Please revisit/ double check the following records:

• [x] Harvard 2 is not ‘999’. It should be ~80-90 years (similar to other Harvard sites). I cannot access Bowden_1992_coal, so for me it would be “NRA”.
• [x] Xujiaba Research Station.Lithocarpus xylocarpus forest,low density stand —> “NI". I see where you got 999, but find it too ambiguous.
• [x] San Eusebio,"""Primary”” has some records changed to 25, some to 999. I suspect 999 is correct; please verify and change.
• [x] Paragominas 2,Managed.Logged and heavily burned ,change from 10 to "NI"
• [ ] record 13564,Sodankyla,UM,change from NA to NRA.
• [x] 13565,Sodankyla,UM,change from NA to NRA.
• [x] BDFFP Reserve,secondary tropical forest.BDF2 AND Manaus Secondary,secondary tropical forest.MAN2 AND any other labeled "secondary tropical forest"- you assigned 999, but please double check. Secondary forest implies that they are young.
• [x] 13310,Scio,UM,- "NA" is not an appropriate code for stand.age. Do you mean "NRA"? Please check your entries for any NA's and fix those as well.
• [x] Web-FACE (multiple)- where did you get 65? The publication (Bader 2009) says 100.
• [x] Bonanza 5c and 5d seem to be incorrect (previously, not values you entered. Please fix based on Bader 2009.
• [x] 10312,Oak Ridge Tennessee,NI. You put 999. In Edwards_1977, I see 50 year
• [x] +9994,New York State,NI,999,- Please double check. Forests in NY state are mostly secondary

If you're ever not sure, I'd prefer that you leave it as NAC rather than put something you're not certain about.

[teixeirak]

@nancyfey123, once you're done with those records, perhaps @ValentineHerr can help you merge your measurements table into the master. I'll be traveling next week and will have little time to work on this..

[teixeirak]

This is essentially done. There are a few temperate sites for which we may be able to track down ages based on references listed in source.notes field, but this is not currently high priority.