Dataset 60

Forest Census Plot on Barro Colorado Island

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Realm: Terrestrial
Climate: Tropical
Biome: Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Central latitude: 9.152100
Central longitude: -79.846500
Duration: 8 years, from 1982 to 2015

2406 records

323 distinct species

Across the time series Staphylea occidentalis is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

The 50-hectare permanent treeplot was established in 1980 inthe tropical moist forest of BarroColorado Island (BCI) in GatunLake in central Panama.Censuses have been carried outin 1981-1983. 1985. 1990. 1995.2000. and 2005. In each census.all free-standing woody stems atleast 10 mm diameter at breastheight were identified. tagged.and mapped. Over 350.000individual trees have been censused over 25 years.Since 1994. over 50 one-hectare plots and smaller have been establishedin the Panama Canal watershed and elsewhere where trees over 10 cmdbh were censused. Unit of abundance = IndCountInt, Unit of biomass = NA

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