T-ESP Data Set Summary
Accession: FTS_SEEDLING Theme: Phenology
Data Set Title: Annual seedling 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 woody plants less than 50-cm tall in 120 1-m2 plots located in the 6-ha plot at the Fort Sherman Canopy Crane. Seedlings are censused during March or April. 

Three plots are associated with each of 40 seed traps and located 2 m from the trap in three of the cardinal directions.

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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 Trap Trap # (1-40) integer
4 Plot Plot # (1-120) integer
5 Tag Unique tag number for each plant text
6 Species 4-letter code (click here for code definitions) text
7 Length Length of plant from base to farthest tip (cm) floating-point
8 Leaves # of leaves on plant integer
9 Who Identity of census taker text
10 Note Comment codes (click here for a list of codes) text
Table Size: 11287 records
Review Status: reviewed by ESP
Public Release: N/A
Public File Downloads: Data available upon request to: Joseph Wright