
Tropical Forest Census Plots
Methods and Results from Barro Colorado Island, Panama and a Comparison with Other Plots
Richard Condit(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 26. June 1998
Book
Hardback
IX, 211 pages
978-3-540-64144-5 (ISBN)
Description
By way of a summary of all the data collected by the mapping teams, I will review what is entered on each of the data sheets. The map sheet was already de scribed in some detail (Fig. 2.2.1A), and includes a circle or a point for the location of each tree and the tree's tag number (the last three or four digits) written next to it. The range of tag numbers used in the quadrat should be written at the top of the sheet. The main data sheet is where most other information about each individual is recorded (Fig. 2.2.1B). As for all sheets, the quadrat number, the first date a quadrat is censused, and the mappers' names are recorded at the top. For each plant, there are blanks for the following information: subquadrat number, tag number, species name, dbh, codes, and problems. Subquadrat number and tag number are straight forward. Size in millimeters is entered in the dbh column, except for multiple stemmed plants or big trees, which get a blank dbh on the main data sheet. Species identification will be handled by separate taxonomy teams (chapter 2.3), but map pers should enter a species name if they know it.
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Series
Edition
1998
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
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29 s/w Abbildungen
IX, 211 p. 29 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
506 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-64144-5 (9783540641445)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-03664-8
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Content
1.1. The CTFS and the Standardization of Methodology.- 1.2. Design and Purpose of the Large Plot Network.- 2.1. Topography and the Mapping Grid.- 2.2. Censusing Trees.- 2.3. Taxonomy.- 2.4. Checking the Field Work.- 2.5. Recensus.- 2.6. Affiliated Censuses at BCI.- 2.7. Summary and Overview.- 3.1. Data Entry.- 3.2. Constructing a Database for the First Census.- 3.3. Constructing a Database After the Second Census.- 3.4. Data Availability.- 4: Species Distribution Maps from the 50 ha Plot at Barro Colorado Island.- References.