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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, NCEAS 9762: Condit: NeotropicalTreeDistributions, Condit R, and Valencia R of Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador.Condit et al.: Growth and Mortality of tropical tree species in Yasuni, Ecuador.
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| Data Table: | yasgrw.txt
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| Data Table: | yasmort.txt
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Organization: | National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis |
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Organization: | NCEAS 9762: Condit: NeotropicalTreeDistributions |
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Individual: | Richard Condit |
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Individual: | Dr. Renato Valencia |
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Organization: | Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador |
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Individual: | Dr. Renato Valencia |
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Organization: | Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador |
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| Growth and mortality rates were calculated for all species in the 25 hectare forest plot established in Yasuni, Ecuador since 1995 by the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, and the University of Aarhus in Denmark. The plot is located in an aseasonal evergreen wet forest in lowland Amazon. All trees greater than or equal to 1 cm diameter at breast height were measured and tagged by 1999. A second census was completed from October 2002 through December 2003.
Relative growth rates were calculated for each individual tree using log transformed diameters, annualized by the time interval between census measurements, then averaged within species. Outliers were excluded: stems that grew greater than 75 mm per year or shrunk more than 25% of their initial dbh.
The mortality rate constants were calculated using the number of trees alive in the first census, number of survivors in the second census, averaged over the time interval. |
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- growth rate
- mortality rate
- species diversity
- demographic traits
- Amazon tropical forest
- Center for Tropical Forest Science
- Yasuni
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Geographic Description: | The Yasuní Forest Dynamics Plot is located in mature terra firme forest in Yasuní National Park and Biosphere Reserve. The 50-ha Plot is located inthe nortwest corner of the park, on a ridge above the Tiputini River, a tributary of the Napo River. |
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| West: | -76.3953 degrees
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| East: | -76.3953 degrees
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| North: | -0.6859 degrees
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| South: | -0.6859 degrees
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Individual: | Richard Condit |
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Please go to: http://www.ctfs.si.edu/doc/plots/yasuni
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| Center for Tropical Forest Science - Forest Dynamics Plots |
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Individual: | Richard Condit |
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Organization: | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute |
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| Neotropical and African scientific coordinator |
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