T-ESP Data Set Summary
Accession: FTS_SEEDRAIN Theme: Phenology
Data Set Title: Weekly census of seed rain at the Fort Sherman Canopy Crane
Originator: Steven Paton
Study Type: Monitoring
Study Period: Apr 24, 1997 to Mar 03, 2004 - planned to continue indefinitely
Abstract:

Weekly census of all plant reproductive organs falling into 40 0.5-m2 traps located in the 6-ha forest dynamics plot at the Fort Sherman Canopy Crane.  Leaves are also collected, dried, identified to species, and weighed.  Reproductive parts are weighed and counted.
 

Locations: STRI -- Fort Sherman Crane, Republic of Panama

Fort Sherman Canopy Crane, Republic of Panama, (9°17'N, 79°58'30''W)
 
For more information about the Canopy Crane Access Project, click here
Data Columns:

Column Name Description Type
1 Date Census data (dd/mm/yyyy) date
2 Year year (yyyy) integer
3 Census Census # integer
4 Trap Trap # (1-200) integer
6 Species 4-letter code (click here for code definitions) text
7 Part Part # (click on link for code definitions) integer
8 Mass Dried mass of plant material (g) floating-point
9 Quantity # of items captured floating-point
Table Size: 127478 records
Review Status: reviewed by ESP
Public Release: N/A
Public File Downloads: Data available upon request to: Joseph Wright