Acronym	Site	Scale	ScaleName	ScaleArea.m2	approximate.count.of.each.unit.nested.in.the.higher.scale.	Spatially.nested.within.higher.scale	Environmentaly.Nested.within.higher.scale	ScaleExtent.m2	Our.Label	Arrangement.of.each.unit.nested.in.the.higher.scale	Notes
arch	Archbold	1	Archbold	2000	NA	NA	NA		Site		"The plots are a two by two design of fire and vegtype, thus there are no plots of similar environment. Each plot was affect by fire differently. Herbs sampled in 50 dia. But are not included."
arch	Archbold	2	VegType	500	4	Y	N		VegType		"The plots are a two by two design of fire and vegtype, thus there are no plots of similar environment. Each plot was affect by fire differently. Herbs sampled in 50 dia. But are not included."
arch	Archbold	3	Plot	100	5	N	N		Patch		"The plots are a two by two design of fire and vegtype, thus there are no plots of similar environment. Each plot was affect by fire differently. Herbs sampled in 50 dia. But are not included."
arctic	Arctic	1	ArcticLTER	25.6	1	NA	NA		Site		not all Patches have the same number of Plots
arctic	Arctic	2	Site	6.4	4	Y	N		VegType		not all Patches have the same number of Plots
arctic	Arctic	3	Block	1.6	4			50	Patch		not all Patches have the same number of Plots
arctic	Arctic	4	Quadrat	0.4	4	Y	Y	0.4	Plot		not all Patches have the same number of Plots
ariz	Arizona	1	Site		1	NA	NA		Site		Is stand size defined?
ariz	Arizona	2	Stand		60	Y	Y		Patch		Is stand size defined?
bnz	Bonanza	1	BonanzaLTER	120	1	NA	NA		Site		
bnz	Bonanza	2	Site	60	2	Y	Y		VegType		"Only use FP and UP, not the other vegtypes."
bnz	Bonanza	3	Patch	20	3	Y	Y	3000	Patch		
bnz	Bonanza	4	Plot	1	20	Y	Y	1	Plot		
ccreek	CedarCreek	1	Cedar Creek LTER	336	1	NA	NA		Site		
ccreek	CedarCreek	2	Patch	12	28	Y	Y	375	Patch		
ccreek	CedarCreek	3	Plot	0.5	24	Y	Y	0.5	Plot	noncontiguous grid??	
coweeta	Coweeta	1	Site	32000	1	NA	NA		Site		scale area mismatch::these areas are likely wrong and there may be a missing scale called block
coweeta	Coweeta	2	VegType	6400	5	Y	Y	6400	VegType		scale area mismatch::these areas are likely wrong and there may be a missing scale called block
coweeta	Coweeta	3	Plot	400	16	Y	Y	400	Plot	contiguous grid	scale area mismatch::these areas are likely wrong and there may be a missing scale called block
desoto	Desoto	1	DeSoto National Forest	22.5	1	NA	NA		Site		
desoto	Desoto	2	site	7.5	3	Y	Y		VegType		
desoto	Desoto	3	community type	2.5	3	Y	Y		Patch	noncontiguous	
desoto	Desoto	4	Quadrat	0.25	10	Y	Y		Plot	random	
mplain	HFMontaguePlain	1	Harvard Forest	48400	1	NA	NA		Site		
mplain	HFMontaguePlain	2	Plot	400	121	Y	Y		Plot		
phill	HFPHill	1	Harvard Forest	136181.25	1	NA	NA		Site		
phill	HFPHill	2	Plot	506.25	269	Y	Y		Plot		
jridge	JasperRidge	1	Site	12000	1				Site		
jridge	JasperRidge	2	VegType	2000	6				VegType		Isolated Trees may not be a community Type
jridge	JasperRidge	3	Plot	400	5	Y	Y		Plot		there are 1 to 18 plots per vegtype
kansas	Kansas	1	Kansas LTREB	180	1	NA	NA		Site		4x8 and 50x100 plots; intermediate sized plots too
kansas	Kansas	2	BLOCK	30	6	Y	Y	5000	VegType		4x8 and 50x100 plots; intermediate sized plots too
kansas	Kansas	3	PATCH	2	15	Y	Y		Patch		4x8 and 50x100 plots; intermediate sized plots too
kansas	Kansas	4	PlotNum	1	2	Y	Y	1	Plot	noncontiguous grid	4x8 and 50x100 plots; intermediate sized plots too
konza	Konza	1	Site	4800	1	NA	NA		Site		
konza	Konza	2	Watershed	200	24	Y	Y		Watershed		
konza	Konza	3	Soil	50	4	Y	Y	500	Soil		
konza	Konza	4	Plot	10	5	Y	Y	10	Plot	noncontiguous transect	
luquillo	Luquillo	1	Site	160000	1	NA	NA	160000	Site		
luquillo	Luquillo	2	plot	400	400	Y	Y	400	Plot	contiguous grid	
mthood	MtHood	1	Mt. Hood (PNW)	397500	1	NA	NA		Site		
mthood	MtHood	2	Plot	500	794	Y	Y	500	Patch		
nflorida	Nflorida	1	Site	50000	1	NA	NA		Site		
nflorida	Nflorida	2	Park	10000	5	Y	N		VegType		
nflorida	Nflorida	3	Plot	1000	10	Y	Y	1000	Patch		there are 1 to 30 plots per vegtype
ngrass	NGrass	1	Site	21600	1	NA	NA		Site		
ngrass	NGrass	2	VegType	10800	2	Y	Y		VegType		
ngrass	NGrass	3	Patch	400	27	Y	Y		Patch		20 to 30 plots per vegtype
nwt	Niwot	1	Site		1	NA	NA		Site		
nwt	Niwot	2	ComType			Y	Y		VegType		It seems like the patches do not seem spatially nested within vegtypes 
nwt	Niwot	3	Plot			N	Y		Patch		It seems like the patches do not seem spatially nested within vegtypes 
nminn	NMinnesota	1	Site		1	NA	NA		Site		
nminn	NMinnesota	2	Patch			Y	Y		Patch		
ntl	NTL	1	NTL Vilas County	146400	1	NA	NA		Site		
ntl	NTL	2	Lake	2400	61	Y	Y		VegType		
ntl	NTL	3	Transect	300	8	Y	Y		Patch		"at times there are 4-5 plots per transect, these extra plots were sampled upland from the lakeshore"
ntl	NTL	4	Plot	100	3	Y	Y	500	Plot	noncontiguous transect	
willnf	Willamette	1	Willamette (PNW)	897500	1	NA	NA		Site		
willnf	Willamette	2	Plot	500	1795	Y	Y	500	Patch		
yosemite	Yosemite	1	Site	342650		NA	NA		Site		
yosemite	Yosemite	2	Plot	550	623	Y	Y		Plot		plot size is variable
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