{"id":391,"date":"2014-10-17T00:55:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T00:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richardcondit.org\/main\/?page_id=391"},"modified":"2014-10-18T18:29:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T18:29:14","slug":"barro-colorado-50-ha-plot-census-of-canopy-density","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.richardcondit.org\/main\/barro-colorado-50-ha-plot-census-of-canopy-density\/","title":{"rendered":"Barro Colorado 50-ha Canopy Density Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"simple-item-view-description\">\n<h4>1983-2012<\/h4>\n<p><strong>S.P. Hubbell, L. Comita, S. Lao, R. Condit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A precise census\u00a0of canopy density\u00a0was carried out across the Barro Colorado 50 ha tree census, recording vegetation density in several vertical layers at a horizontal scale of 5 m. The census was done annually in 23\u00a0years between 1983 and 2012. The full dataset, including details on the methods, is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5479\/data.bci20140711\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5479\/data.bci20140711<\/a>. The canopy data\u00a0can be used to produce <a href=\"http:\/\/richardcondit.org\/data\/canopy\/bciCanopyReport.php\">maps of vegetation<\/a> density, showing where there are gaps in the canopy at any depth, or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/richardcondit.org\/data\/canopy\/bciCanopyReport.php\">predict tree growth<\/a> based on canopy openness (and see publications listed below). The three-dimensional map of canopy density was intended to help understand how tree growth and recruitment responds to canopy openness. Detailed descriptions of the 50-ha plot methods and data are provided by Condit (<a href=\"http:\/\/ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu\/Public\/pdfs\/Condit_1998_CensusPlotsmethodsBook.pdf\">Tropical Forest Census Plots<\/a>, Springer-Verlag 1998, ) and Condit et al. (<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5479\/data.bci.20130604\">CTFS Data Model Documentation<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"simple-item-view-description\">\n<div>The canopy database should be cited as<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Hubbell, S.P, Comita, L., Lao, S. Condit, R. 2014. Barro Colorado Fifty Hectare Plot Census of Canopy Density, 1983-2012. Center for Tropical Forest Sciences Databases. DOI http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5479\/data.bci20140711.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Publications:<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"bibitem\">R\u00fcger, N., Berger, U., Hubbell, S.\u00a0P., Vieilledent, G., and Condit, R. 2011. Growth strategies of tropical tree species: Disentangling light and size effects. PLoS ONE 6:e25330. URL<a class=\"url\" href=\"http:\/\/ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu\/Public\/pdfs\/RuegerConditEtAl.PlosONE2011.pdf\"><span class=\"t1xtt-x-x-120\">RuegerConditEtAl.PlosONE2011.pdf<\/span><\/a>.<span class=\"biblabel\"><span class=\"bibsp\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bibitem\">R\u00fcger, N., Huth, A., Hubbell, S.\u00a0P., and Condit, R. 2011. Determinants of mortality across a tropical lowland rainforest community. Oikos 120:1047\u20131056. URL <a class=\"url\" href=\"http:\/\/ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu\/Public\/pdfs\/RugerConditEtAl.Oikos2011.pdf\"><span class=\"t1xtt-x-x-120\">RugerConditEtAl.Oikos2011.pdf<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bibitem\">R\u00fcger, N. and Condit, R. 2012. Testing metabolic theory with models of tree growth that include light competition. Functional Ecology 26:759\u2013765. URL <a class=\"url\" href=\"http:\/\/ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu\/Public\/pdfs\/2012_Ruger_MetabolicScaling_withSM.pdf\"><span class=\"t1xtt-x-x-120\">2012_Ruger_MetabolicScaling_withSM.pdf<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bibitem\">R\u00fcger, N., Wirth, C., Wright, S.\u00a0J., and Condit, R. 2012. Functional traits explain light and size response of growth rates in tropical tree species. Ecology 93:2626\u20132636. URL<a class=\"url\" href=\"http:\/\/ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu\/Public\/pdfs\/RugerConditEtAl.Ecol2012.pdf\"><span class=\"t1xtt-x-x-120\">RugerConditEtAl.Ecol2012.pdf<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bibitem\">Welden, C., Hewett, S., Hubbell, S. P., and Foster, R. B. 1991. Sapling Survival, Growth, and Recruitment: Relationship to Canopy Height in a Neotropical Forest. Ecology, <b>72<\/b>:35-50.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1983-2012 S.P. Hubbell, L. Comita, S. Lao, R. 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