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EM Identity and Description

EM ID variable.detail.emIdHelp ?	EM-69
Document Author variable.detail.emDocumentAuthorHelp ?	Lavorel, S., Grigulis, K., Lamarque, P., Colace, M-P, Garden, D., Girel, J., Pellet, G., and Douzet, R.
Document Year variable.detail.emDocumentYearHelp ?	2011

Variable General Info

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Coefficient on altitude for soil water holding capacity	Coefficient on combination of legacy and current land use for community-weighted mean leaf dry matter content	Coefficient on combination of legacy and current land use for soil water holding capacity	Coefficient on community-weighted mean leaf dry matter content for soil carbon	Coefficient on community-weighted mean leaf phosphorus concentration for soil carbon	Coefficient on nitrogen nutrition index for community-weighted mean leaf phosphorus concentration	Coefficient on soil water holding capacity for nitrogen nutrition index	Coefficient on soil water holding capacity for soil carbon
Variable ID variable.detail.varIdHelp ?	3251	3254	3250	3257	3256	3253	3252	3255
Symbol variable.detail.varSymbolHelp ?	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Qualitative-Quantitative variable.detail.continuousCategoricalHelp ?	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)
Cardinal-Ordinal variable.detail.cardinalOrdinalHelp ?	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal
Units variable.detail.varUnitsHelp ?	unitless	unitless	unitless	unitless	unitless	unitless	unitless	unitless

Variable Typology

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Coefficient on altitude for soil water holding capacity	Coefficient on combination of legacy and current land use for community-weighted mean leaf dry matter content	Coefficient on combination of legacy and current land use for soil water holding capacity	Coefficient on community-weighted mean leaf dry matter content for soil carbon	Coefficient on community-weighted mean leaf phosphorus concentration for soil carbon	Coefficient on nitrogen nutrition index for community-weighted mean leaf phosphorus concentration	Coefficient on soil water holding capacity for nitrogen nutrition index	Coefficient on soil water holding capacity for soil carbon
Predictor-Intermediate-Response variable.detail.displayVariableTypeHelp ?	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor
Predictor Variable Type variable.detail.displayPredictorVariableTypeHelp ?	Constant or Parameter	Constant or Parameter	Constant or Parameter	Constant or Parameter	Constant or Parameter	Constant or Parameter	Constant or Parameter	Constant or Parameter
Response Variable Type variable.detail.resClassHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Data Source/Type variable.detail.dataTypeHelp ?	Statistically estimated (use for statistically estimated EMs only)	Statistically estimated (use for statistically estimated EMs only)	Statistically estimated (use for statistically estimated EMs only)	Statistically estimated (use for statistically estimated EMs only)	Statistically estimated (use for statistically estimated EMs only)	Statistically estimated (use for statistically estimated EMs only)	Statistically estimated (use for statistically estimated EMs only)	Statistically estimated (use for statistically estimated EMs only)
Variable Classification Hierarchy variable.detail.vchLevel1Help ?	2. Land Surface (or Water Body) Cover, Use, Substrate, or Metric	2. Land Surface (or Water Body) Cover, Use, Substrate, or Metric	2. Land Surface (or Water Body) Cover, Use, Substrate, or Metric	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services
	--Geographic position, horizontal or vertical	--Land use/land cover type or dominant habitat type	--Land use/land cover type or dominant habitat type	--Biomass, litter or residue characteristics	--Chemical (C, N, P, sediment/particulate) characteristics of ecosystem components	--Chemical (C, N, P, sediment/particulate) characteristics of ecosystem components	--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components	--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components
	----Elevation, altitude, bathymetry	----Other, multiple, unspecified or unclear	----Other, multiple, unspecified or unclear	----Mass or quantity of biomass, litter or residue	----Phosphorus-related characteristics of ecosystem components	----Nitrogen-related characteristics of ecosystem components	----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks	----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks
					------Phosphorus presence (in terrestrial ecosystem components)	------Nitrogen presence (in terrestrial ecosystem components)	------Soil hydrologic characteristics	------Soil hydrologic characteristics

Variable Spatial Characteristics

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Coefficient on altitude for soil water holding capacity	Coefficient on combination of legacy and current land use for community-weighted mean leaf dry matter content	Coefficient on combination of legacy and current land use for soil water holding capacity	Coefficient on community-weighted mean leaf dry matter content for soil carbon	Coefficient on community-weighted mean leaf phosphorus concentration for soil carbon	Coefficient on nitrogen nutrition index for community-weighted mean leaf phosphorus concentration	Coefficient on soil water holding capacity for nitrogen nutrition index	Coefficient on soil water holding capacity for soil carbon
Spatial Extent Area variable.detail.spExtentHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Spatially Distributed? variable.detail.spDistributedHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Observations Spatially Patterned? variable.detail.regularSpGrainHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Spatial Grain Type variable.detail.spGrainTypeHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Spatial Grain Size variable.detail.spGrainSizeHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Spatial Density variable.detail.spDensityHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
EnviroAtlas URL variable.detail.enviroAtlasURLHelp ?

Variable Temporal Characteristics

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Coefficient on altitude for soil water holding capacity	Coefficient on combination of legacy and current land use for community-weighted mean leaf dry matter content	Coefficient on combination of legacy and current land use for soil water holding capacity	Coefficient on community-weighted mean leaf dry matter content for soil carbon	Coefficient on community-weighted mean leaf phosphorus concentration for soil carbon	Coefficient on nitrogen nutrition index for community-weighted mean leaf phosphorus concentration	Coefficient on soil water holding capacity for nitrogen nutrition index	Coefficient on soil water holding capacity for soil carbon
Temporal Extent variable.detail.tempExtentHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Temporally Distributed? variable.detail.tempDistributedHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Regular Temporal Grain? variable.detail.regularTempGrainHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Temporal Grain Size Value variable.detail.tempGrainSizeValHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Temporal Grain Size Units variable.detail.tempGrainSizeUnitHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Temporal Density variable.detail.tempDensityHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables

Variable Values

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Coefficient on altitude for soil water holding capacity	Coefficient on combination of legacy and current land use for community-weighted mean leaf dry matter content	Coefficient on combination of legacy and current land use for soil water holding capacity	Coefficient on community-weighted mean leaf dry matter content for soil carbon	Coefficient on community-weighted mean leaf phosphorus concentration for soil carbon	Coefficient on nitrogen nutrition index for community-weighted mean leaf phosphorus concentration	Coefficient on soil water holding capacity for nitrogen nutrition index	Coefficient on soil water holding capacity for soil carbon
Units variable.detail.estUnitHelp ?	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Min Value variable.detail.minEstHelp ?	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Max Value variable.detail.estHelp ?	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Other Value Type variable.detail.natureOtherEstHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Other Value variable.detail.otherEstHelp ?	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

Variable Variability and Sensitivity

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Coefficient on altitude for soil water holding capacity	Coefficient on combination of legacy and current land use for community-weighted mean leaf dry matter content	Coefficient on combination of legacy and current land use for soil water holding capacity	Coefficient on community-weighted mean leaf dry matter content for soil carbon	Coefficient on community-weighted mean leaf phosphorus concentration for soil carbon	Coefficient on nitrogen nutrition index for community-weighted mean leaf phosphorus concentration	Coefficient on soil water holding capacity for nitrogen nutrition index	Coefficient on soil water holding capacity for soil carbon
Variability Expression Given? variable.detail.variabilityExpHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Variability Metric variable.detail.variabilityMetricHelp ?	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Variability Value variable.detail.variabilityValueHelp ?	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Variability Units	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Resampling Used? variable.detail.bootstrappingHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Variability Expression Used in Modeling? variable.detail.variabilityUsedHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables

Variable Operational Validation (Response Variables only)

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?
Variable ID variable.detail.varIdHelp ?
Validated? variable.detail.resValidatedHelp ?
Validation Approach (within, between, etc.) variable.detail.validationApproachHelp ?
Validation Quality (Qual/Quant) variable.detail.validationQualityHelp ?
Validation Method (Stat/Deviance) variable.detail.validationMethodHelp ?
Validation Metric variable.detail.validationMetricHelp ?
Validation Value variable.detail.validationValHelp ?
Validation Units
Use of Measured Response Data variable.detail.measuredResponseDataHelp ?

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Variable ID

Validated?

Validation Approach (within, between, etc.)

Validation Quality (Qual/Quant)

Validation Method (Stat/Deviance)

Validation Metric

Validation Value

Validation Units

Use of Measured Response Data

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