"Attribute_Name"	"ORDER"	"Storage_Type"	"Measurement_Scale"	"Number_Type"	"UNITS"	"DESCRIPTION"	"CODES"
"Replicate"	3	"a"	"nominal"	"n/a"		"2 replicates were measured"	"1 or 2"
"Transect"	4	"a"	"nominal"	"n/a"		"5 transects within each replicated areas"	"1,2,3,4, or 5"
"Year"	1	"a"	"date-time"	"n/a"	"nominalYear"	"Year Data were collected in August or September"	"n/a"
"Treatment"	2	"a"	"nominal"	"n/a"		"Area of the ESA were left as control or augmented with water or fertilizer"	"1 = control, 2 = irrigation, 3=Fertilization, 4= Irrigation plus fertilization, and 5 = a control area with grub kill"
"Plot"	5	"a"	"nominal"	"n/a"		"10 plots within each transect, except in the grubkill area"	"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 or 1-50 in the control, grubkill area"
"Species"	6	"a"	"nominal"	"n/a"		"local species code for LTERand IBP project"	"See LTER plant code list"
"Number_total_per_plot"	7	"i"	"ratio"	"integer"	"number"	"number of species per .25 meter squared"	
