<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><eml:eml xmlns:eml="https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.2.0" xmlns:stmml="http://www.xml-cml.org/schema/stmml-1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.2.0 https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/docs/eml-2.2.0/eml.xsd" packageId="knb-lter-kbs.115.12" system="KBS LTER"><access scope="document" order="allowFirst" authSystem="knb"><allow><principal>uid=KBS,o=lter,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org</principal><permission>all</permission></allow><allow><principal>uid=sbohm,o=lter,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org</principal><permission>all</permission></allow><allow><principal>public</principal><permission>read</permission></allow></access><dataset><alternateIdentifier system="lter.kbs.msu.edu">https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/datasets/115.eml</alternateIdentifier><title>Phenology at the Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, MI  (2010 to 2017)</title><creator><individualName><givenName>Stephen</givenName><surName>Hamilton</surName></individualName><organizationName>Michigan State University</organizationName><address><deliveryPoint>3700 East Gull Lake Drive</deliveryPoint><city>Hickory Corners</city><administrativeArea>MI</administrativeArea><postalCode>49060</postalCode></address><phone phonetype="phone">(269) 671-2231</phone><phone phonetype="fax">(269)671-2104</phone><electronicMailAddress>hamilton@msu.edu</electronicMailAddress><userId directory="http://orcid.org">0000-0002-4702-9017</userId></creator><associatedParty><individualName><givenName>Sven</givenName><surName>Bohm</surName></individualName><organizationName>Michigan State University</organizationName><address><deliveryPoint>3700 East Gull Lake Drive</deliveryPoint><city>Hickory Corners</city><administrativeArea>MI</administrativeArea><postalCode>49060</postalCode><country>US</country></address><phone phonetype="phone">(269) 205-3821</phone><phone phonetype="fax">(269 )671-2333</phone><electronicMailAddress>bohms@msu.edu</electronicMailAddress><userId directory="http://orcid.org">0000-0002-6224-7848</userId><role>principal contact</role></associatedParty><pubDate>2026-06-07</pubDate><abstract><section><title>Dataset Abstract</title><para></para><para>original data source http://lter.kbs.msu.edu/datasets/115</para></section></abstract><keywordSet><keyword keywordType="place">LTER</keyword><keyword keywordType="place">KBS</keyword><keyword keywordType="place">Kellogg Biological Station</keyword><keyword keywordType="place">Hickory Corners</keyword><keyword keywordType="place">Michigan</keyword><keyword keywordType="place">Great Lakes</keyword></keywordSet><keywordSet><keyword keywordType="theme">phenology</keyword></keywordSet><keywordSet><keyword keywordType="theme">farming</keyword><keyword keywordType="theme">biota</keyword><keywordThesaurus>https://apps.usgs.gov/thesaurus/thesaurus-full.php?thcode=15</keywordThesaurus></keywordSet><intellectualRights><para>Data in the KBS LTER core database may not be published without written permission of the lead investigator or project director. These restrictions are intended mainly to preserve the primary investigators' rights to first publication and to ensure that data users are aware of the limitations that may be associated with any specific data set. These restrictions apply to both the baseline data set and to the data sets associated with specific LTER-supported subprojects.</para><para>All publications of KBS data and images must acknowledge KBS LTER support.</para></intellectualRights><coverage><geographicCoverage><geographicDescription>The areas around the Kellogg Biological Station in southwest Michigan</geographicDescription><boundingCoordinates><westBoundingCoordinate>-85.404699</westBoundingCoordinate><eastBoundingCoordinate>-85.366857</eastBoundingCoordinate><northBoundingCoordinate>42.420265</northBoundingCoordinate><southBoundingCoordinate>42.391019</southBoundingCoordinate></boundingCoordinates></geographicCoverage></coverage><contact><organizationName>Kellogg Biological Station</organizationName><positionName>Data Manager</positionName><electronicMailAddress>lter.data.manager@kbs.msu.edu</electronicMailAddress><onlineUrl>http://lter.kbs.msu.edu</onlineUrl><userId directory="https://ror.org/">02vkce854</userId></contact><publisher><organizationName>KBS LTER</organizationName></publisher><methods><methodStep><description>Phenological data record the timing of important crop life stages. Phenological data were collected by direct observation roughly every two weeks in Replicate 1 of all BCSE treatments (G1-G10); initially (2010-2012) by monitoring eight specific plants, then (2013-2017) by monitoring the general condition of plants in the entire plot. Since 2015, webcams have been used to record these stages. One camera is installed in a corner of each Replicate 1 treatment plot: southeast corner in G1, G9; southwest in G2, G3; northeast in G5, G6, G7; and northwest in G4, G8, G10. Cameras take one photo at noon every day. Images are saved at KBS and available upon request. As of November 2023, photos from 2015-2021 are also available through the Phenocam Network (in the site table search for kellogg).</description><protocol id="protocol_165"><title>Phenology</title><creator><positionName>Data Manager</positionName></creator><distribution><online><url>http://glbrc.kbs.msu.edu/protocols/165</url></online></distribution></protocol></methodStep></methods><dataTable><alternateIdentifier system="lter.kbs.msu.edu">https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/datatables/340</alternateIdentifier><entityName>Kellogg Biological Station LTER: Phenology 2010-2012 (GLBRC092-001)</entityName><entityDescription>Direct observations on timing of major life events of specific crop plants in BCSE treatments (G1-G10) recorded from 2010-2012. Plants are labelled by their relative location in the plot (N, S, E, W and P1, P2). Data from 2013-2017 are in a companion datatable because the protocol changed to observations based on the whole plot.</entityDescription><physical><objectName>Phenology+2010-2012.csv</objectName><encodingMethod>None</encodingMethod><dataFormat><textFormat><numHeaderLines>38</numHeaderLines><numFooterLines>1</numFooterLines><recordDelimiter>\n</recordDelimiter><attributeOrientation>column</attributeOrientation><simpleDelimited><fieldDelimiter>,</fieldDelimiter><collapseDelimiters>no</collapseDelimiters><quoteCharacter>"</quoteCharacter><literalCharacter>\</literalCharacter></simpleDelimited></textFormat></dataFormat><distribution><online><url>https://data.sustainability.glbrc.org/datatables/340.csv</url></online></distribution></physical><attributeList><attribute><attributeName>sample_date</attributeName><attributeDefinition>date the observation was made</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><dateTime><formatString>YYYY-MM-DD</formatString><dateTimePrecision>1</dateTimePrecision><dateTimeDomain><bounds><minimum exclusive="true">1987-4-18</minimum></bounds></dateTimeDomain></dateTime></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>treatment</attributeName><attributeDefinition>experimental treatment</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>experimental treatment</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>replicate</attributeName><attributeDefinition>replicate block nested within treatment</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>replicate block nested within treatment</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>species</attributeName><attributeDefinition>plant species or treatment plant description</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>plant species or treatment plant description</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>plant_id</attributeName><attributeDefinition>code used in the given year to identify plants that are visited repeatedly that year</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>code used in the given year to identify plants that are visited repeatedly that year</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>emerging_growth</attributeName><attributeDefinition>Are plants visible above ground? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>Are plants visible above ground? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>leaves_full_size</attributeName><attributeDefinition>Are mature leaves are &gt;95% of their full size? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>Are mature leaves are &gt;95% of their full size? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>mean_plant_height_cm</attributeName><attributeDefinition>average plant height</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><ratio><unit><standardUnit>centimeter</standardUnit></unit><numericDomain><numberType>real</numberType></numericDomain></ratio></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>herbivore_damage</attributeName><attributeDefinition>Is there herbivore damage? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>Is there herbivore damage? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>open_flowers_tasseling</attributeName><attributeDefinition>Are flowers open or corn tasseling? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>Are flowers open or corn tasseling? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>ripe_seeds</attributeName><attributeDefinition>Are the seeds ripe? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>Are the seeds ripe? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>leaf_wilting</attributeName><attributeDefinition>Are leaves wilting? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>Are leaves wilting? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>autumn_leaf_senescence</attributeName><attributeDefinition>Are leaves senescencing? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>Are leaves senescencing? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>full_leaf_loss</attributeName><attributeDefinition>Have leaves fallen off? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>Have leaves fallen off? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>number_of_tillers</attributeName><attributeDefinition>number of tillers</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><ratio><unit><customUnit/></unit><numericDomain><numberType>integer</numberType></numericDomain></ratio></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>first_unfolded_leaves</attributeName><attributeDefinition>first unfolded leaves</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>first unfolded leaves</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>number_leaves_per_tiller</attributeName><attributeDefinition>number of leaves per tiller</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><ratio><unit><customUnit/></unit><numericDomain><numberType>integer</numberType></numericDomain></ratio></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>internodal_length_cm</attributeName><attributeDefinition>internodal length </attributeDefinition><measurementScale><ratio><unit><standardUnit>centimeter</standardUnit></unit><numericDomain><numberType>real</numberType></numericDomain></ratio></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>comments</attributeName><attributeDefinition>Notes specific to this row.</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>Notes specific to this row.</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute></attributeList></dataTable><dataTable><alternateIdentifier system="lter.kbs.msu.edu">https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/datatables/513</alternateIdentifier><entityName>Kellogg Biological Station LTER: Phenology 2013-2017 (GLBRC092-004)</entityName><entityDescription>Direct observations on the timing of major life events in entire plots of crops in BCSE treatments (G1-G10) from 2013-2017. Data from 2010 to 2012 are in a companion datatable because the protocol changed. Canopy closure was added in 2016.</entityDescription><physical><objectName>Phenology+2013-2017.csv</objectName><encodingMethod>None</encodingMethod><dataFormat><textFormat><numHeaderLines>34</numHeaderLines><numFooterLines>1</numFooterLines><recordDelimiter>\n</recordDelimiter><attributeOrientation>column</attributeOrientation><simpleDelimited><fieldDelimiter>,</fieldDelimiter><collapseDelimiters>no</collapseDelimiters><quoteCharacter>"</quoteCharacter><literalCharacter>\</literalCharacter></simpleDelimited></textFormat></dataFormat><distribution><online><url>https://data.sustainability.glbrc.org/datatables/513.csv</url></online></distribution></physical><attributeList><attribute><attributeName>sample_date</attributeName><attributeDefinition>date the observation was made</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><dateTime><formatString>YYYY-MM-DD</formatString><dateTimePrecision>1</dateTimePrecision><dateTimeDomain><bounds><minimum exclusive="true">1987-4-18</minimum></bounds></dateTimeDomain></dateTime></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>treatment</attributeName><attributeDefinition>experimental treatment</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>experimental treatment</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>replicate</attributeName><attributeDefinition>replicate block nested within treatment</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>replicate block nested within treatment</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>species</attributeName><attributeDefinition>plant species or treatment plant description</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>plant species or treatment plant description</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>emerging_growth</attributeName><attributeDefinition>Are plants visible above ground? 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See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>autumn_leaf_senescence</attributeName><attributeDefinition>Are leaves senescencing? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>Are leaves senescencing? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</definition></textDomain></nonNumericDomain></nominal></measurementScale></attribute><attribute><attributeName>full_leaf_loss</attributeName><attributeDefinition>Have leaves fallen off? See protocol for t (true) and f (false) criteria.</attributeDefinition><measurementScale><nominal><nonNumericDomain><textDomain><definition>Have leaves fallen off? 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