Data Use Policy
D. Guidelines regarding collaborations, authorship, and acknowledgement
Acknowledgement Policies
When researchers involved in collecting and developing these data are not themselves authors, it is understood that they and their data sets should be properly acknowledged, e.g.,
Creator(s)
Title of dataset,
Year of data publication,
Dataset identifier (e.g., URL)
Historical Curtis Community Data
The PIs associated with data collection from the 1940s-50s should be acknowledged.
Contemporary community and site data
The PIs associated with collecting and processing the contemporary data should be acknowledged. We ask that you list the granting agency and funding number:
Community |
Agency |
Grant |
Northern Upland Forests |
NSF |
DEB-9974041 |
Southern Upland Forests |
NSF |
DEB-0236333 |
Southern Lowland Forests |
USDA |
NRI #2008-35320-18680 |
Prairies |
NSF |
DEB-9107379 |
Oak Savannas |
NSF |
DEB-9107379 |
Plant traits |
NSF |
DEB-0717315 |
Digitized landscape data |
USDA |
NRI #2008-35320-18680 |
Special mention might also be given to the public and private landowners that provided permission for data to be collected on their property.