| Accession: |
FTS_SAPLING |
Theme: |
Phenology |
| Data Set Title: |
Annual sapling census at the Fort Sherman Canopy Crane. |
| Originator: |
Steven Paton |
| Study Type: |
Monitoring |
| Study Period: |
April, 1997 to April, 2004 - planned to continue indefinitely |
| Abstract: |
 Annual census of all shrubs and trees larger than 50-cm tall and smaller than 1-cm in diameter at 1.3 m height for 40 25-m2 plots located in the 6-ha forest dynamics plot at the Fort Sherman Canopy Crane. Saplings are censused during March and April.
Plots are located near seed traps (FTS_SEEDRAIN).
For more information about the Canopy Crane Access Project, click here
|
| Locations: |
STRI -- BCI, Republic of Panama
Fort Sherman Canopy Crane, Republic of Panama, (9°17'N, 79°58'30''W)
|
| Data Columns:
|
| Column |
Name |
Description |
Type |
| 1 |
Date |
Census data (dd/mm/yyyy) |
date |
| 2 |
Year |
year (yyyy) |
integer |
| 3 |
Who |
Identity of census taker |
text |
| 4 |
Trap |
Trap # (0-39) |
integer |
| 5 |
Q20 |
20-meter coordinate in 50ha plot |
integer |
| 6 |
P5 |
5-meter grid within current Q20 |
integer |
| 7 |
Tag |
Unique tag number for each plant |
text |
| 8 |
Species |
4-letter code (click here for code definitions) |
text |
| 9 |
Length |
Length of plant from base to farthest tip (cm) |
floating-point |
| 10 |
Diam_20 |
Diameter of sapling at 20cm height (mm) |
floating-point |
| 11 |
Diam_130 |
Diameter of sapling at 130cm height (mm) |
floating-point |
| 12 |
Note |
Comment codes (click here for a list of codes) |
text |
|
| Table Size: |
5550 records |
| Review Status: |
reviewed by ESP |
| Public Release: |
N/A |
| Public File Downloads: |
Data available upon request to: Joseph Wright |
