GCE Dataset Summary

Accession:

TRAP200

Theme:

Phenology

Data Set Title:

Weekly census of community-wide plant reproduction on BCI

Originator:

Steven Paton

Study Type:

Monitoring

Study Period:

Jan 5, 1987 to May 12, 2004 - planned to continue indefinitely

Abstract:

Weekly census of all plant reproductive organs falling into 200 0.5-m² traps located in the 50-ha forest dynamics plot on BCI. All fruit parts are counted and identified to species. All flowers are identified to species and scored as present. Reproductive buds are scored as present for selected species only. Traps are located at 13.5-m intervals along forest trails and from 4 to10 m distance from the nearest trail.

Trap locations within the 50-ha plot can be downloaded by clicking here.

Locations:

STRI -- BCI, Republic of Panama

Barro Colorado Island, Republic of Panama, (9°10'N, 79°51'W)

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
5	Species	4-letter code (click here for code definitions)	text
6	Part	Part # (click on link for code definitions)	integer
7	Quantity	# of items captured	floating-point
8	Seedeqs	# of seed equivalents for fruits (= quantity for all part<>1)	floating-point
9	Changed	Indicates if record has been changed from original	logical

Table Size:

413175 records

Review Status:

reviewed by ESP

Publications:

Condit 1998, de Steven & Wright 2002 , Engelbrecht et al 2002, Harms et al 2000, Hubbell et al 1999, Kitajima 2002, Muller 2001, Muller et al, Muller et al 2002, Wright 2002, Wright & Calderon 1995, Wright & Calderon 1999, Wright et al 1999

Public Release:

N/A

Public File Downloads:

Data available upon request to: Joseph Wright

T-ESP Data Set Summary