Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center

nasa-ornldaac-1215

Forest Structure and Biomass Data, La Selva, Costa Rica: 2006

ABSTRACT: This data set provides field measurements of diameter, tree height, and crown dimensions for 1,513 trees in 30 plots at the La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica. Fourteen of these plots were in undisturbed primary forest, six were in primary forest which had been selectively logged, seven were secondary forests, and three were abandoned pastures reverting to forest. The diameter and height data were used to calculate aboveground biomass for each of the 30 plots. The crown measurements were used to estimate a vertical profile for each plot, showing the vegetation volume in 1 meter increments from the ground to the top of the canopy. There are three comma-delimited data files and two shapefiles with this data set. The files contain the measurements and calculated biomass for the individual stems as well as the summary data at the plot level.

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Identified by : LASELVA_BIOMASS

This dataset was released on January 01, 2014.

The time range for this dataset is February 11, 2006 to February 23, 2006.

The spatial range for this dataset is 10.4219° to 10.4219° latitude, and -84.0212° to -84.0212° longitude. map

DOI : 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1215
Also known as :

• dataset oai:mercury-ops2.ornl.gov:ornldaac_1215 (ornl lexicon)
• dataset oai:mercury.ornl.gov:ornldaac_1215 (ornl lexicon)