Virginia Tech - Virginia - Ailanthus altissima Roadside Survey

Thomas J. McAvoy1, Elizabeth Sellers2, Amy L. Snyder1, Nels Johnson3, Scott M. Salom1, Loke T. Kok1

1 Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, 216A Price Hall, 24061, Blacksburg, United States; 2 United States Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 302, 20192, Reston, United States; 3 Department of Statistics, Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis, Virginia Tech, 406-A Hutcheson Hall, 24061, Blacksburg, United States

Corresponding author(s): Thomas J. McAvoy (tmcavoy@vt.edu), Elizabeth Sellers (esellers@usgs.gov)

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Resource Citation

McAvoy T J (2017): Virginia Tech - Virginia - Ailanthus altissima Roadside Survey. v1.0. United States Geological Survey. Dataset/Metadata. https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/resource?r=vt-ailanthus&v=1.0

Abstract

Virginia Tech Ailanthus Roadside Survey.

Keywords: Metadata, invasive plants, introduced plants, weeds

Project details

Project title: Road Survey of the Invasive Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) in Virginia
Personnel: Thomas J. McAvoy
Funding: This study was supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Cooperative Agreement 09-CA-11420004-70 and grant no. 10-DG-11083150-004
Study area descriptions/descriptor: 5,175 km of roads in Virginia in 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2011.
Design description: See associated publication

Data published through GBIF: https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/resource?r=vt-ailanthus

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: A single tree species, Ailanthus altissima was surveyed for this research study.
Taxonomic ranks
Species: Ailanthus altissima
Common names: Tree of heaven

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Tree-of-heaven is an invasive, nonnative species that invades newly disturbed areas and forms large monospecific stands. It was surveyed from a vehicle along 5,175 km of roads in Virginia in 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2011. Fifty-eight
percent of every 1.6-km road segment had at least one tree-of-heaven. Mean density of tree-of-heaven throughout the roads surveyed in Virginia was 39 km(-1).
Coordinates: 36°32'42''N and 39°17'6''N Latitude; 83°37'4.8''W and 75°54'54''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: May 1, 2004 - September 30, 2004

Temporal coverage: May 1, 2005 - September 30, 2005

Temporal coverage: May 1, 2010 - September 30, 2010

Temporal coverage: May 1, 2011 - September 30, 2011

Methods

Method step description: See associated publication.
Study extent description: 5,175 km of roads in Virginia in 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2011.
Sampling description: See associated publication.

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2017-10-10
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
McAvoy, Thomas J., Snyder, Amy L., Johnson, Nels, Salom, Scott M., and Loke T. Klok. 2012. Road Survey of the Invasive Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) in Virginia. Invasive Plant Science and Management, 5:506-512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1614/IPSM-D-12-00039.1