Realm: Terrestrial
Climate: Tropical
Biome: Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Central latitude: 9.363600
Central longitude: -79.954700
Duration: 4 years, from 1996 to 2009

947 records

272 distinct species

Across the time series Swartzia simplex is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

The Sherman plot is located in the San Lorenzo National Park in tropical moist forest on the Caribbean side of the Panama Canal. It sits on a hilltop south of the Chagres River and receives approximately 2700-3000 mm of annual rainfall. The plot is 5.96 ha. It is a 400 m x 100 m rectangle with a 140 m x 140 m square contiguous to the left side of the southernmost hectare. A canopy research crane belonging to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute is situated in the center of this 140 m x 140 m square. The northernmost hectare of this plot is in young forest approximately 30 years old. The Sherman plot has been censused 4 times: 1996 late 1997 to early 1998 1999 and 2009. All free-standing woody plants with stem diameter 1 cm or above at breast height were tagged measured mapped and identified to species. Forest census data from a 5.96-hectare permanent tree plot in San Lorenzo National Park in tropical moist forest on the Caribbean side of the Panama Canal (1996-1999) Forest census data from a 5.96-hectare permanent tree plot in San Lorenzo National Park in tropical moist forest on the Caribbean side of the Panama Canal (1996-1999) Unit of abundance = IndCountInt, Unit of biomass = NA

Citation(s)

Condit, R., Pérez, R., Aguilar, S., Lao, S., Robin, F. & Hubbell, S. (2018) Tree species abundance through time in tropical forest census plots, Panama. DataONE Dash, Dataset, , Available at: https://doi.org/10.15146/R3MM4V
Condit, R. “Sherman Forest Dynamics Plot, Panama.” The Center for Tropical Forest Science. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Available at: http://www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Sherman/, accessed 2013.