2013

R. Condit, S. Lao, S. Esufali, A. Singh, S.B. Dolins

Detailed documentation of the CTFS MySQL database for handling data from repeated measurements of forest census plots is available to the public at this SI Library web site. The Barro Colorado plot database is available to the public and can be downloaded in full from another Smithsonian archive.

The documentation support a published article describing the database and its purpose:

Condit, R., Lao, S., Singh, A., Esufali, S., and Dolins, S. 2014. Data and database standards for permanent forest plots in a global network. Forest Ecology and Management 316:21–31. ConditEtAl_FORECO2014.pdf.