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Tropical Forest Census Plots

Methods and Results from Barro Colorado Island, Panama and a Comparison with Other Plots

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Authors:
  1. Richard Condit

    1. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

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  • First comprehensive census of all plants in a large tropical forest community with practical guidelines on how to census a large area.

Part of the book series: Environmental Intelligence Unit (EIU)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. A Network of Large Forest Plots in the Tropics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The CTFS and the Standardization of Methodology

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 3-7

    3. Design and Purpose of the Large Plot Network

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 9-13

  3. Field Methods for a Large Forest Plot

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Topography and the Mapping Grid

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 19-35

    3. Censusing Trees

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 37-63

    4. Taxonomy

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 65-71

    5. Checking the Field Work

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 73-76

    6. Recensus

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 77-90

    7. Affiliated Censuses at BCI

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 91-93

    8. Summary and Overview

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 95-99

  4. Database Methods for a Large Forest Plot

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Data Entry

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 105-133

    3. Constructing a Database for the First Census

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 135-160

    4. Constructing a Database After the Second Census

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 161-171

    5. Data Availability

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 173-175

  5. Species Distribution Maps from the 50 ha Plot at Barro Colorado Island

    1. Species Distribution Maps from the 50 ha Plot at Barro Colorado Island

      • Richard Condit
      Pages 177-201

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 203-211
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

    Richard Condit

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tropical Forest Census Plots

  • Book Subtitle: Methods and Results from Barro Colorado Island, Panama and a Comparison with Other Plots

  • Authors: Richard Condit

  • Series Title: Environmental Intelligence Unit

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03664-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-64144-5Published: 26 June 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-03666-2Published: 01 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03664-8Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 211

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, USA

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Ecology, Agriculture, Forestry

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