Title:

Tree censuses at Bisley Experimental Watersheds before and after Hurricane Hugo

Author(s):

Zhang, Jiaying; Heartsill Scalley, Tamara; Bras, Rafael L.

Publication Year:

2022

How to Cite:

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Zhang, Jiaying; Heartsill Scalley, Tamara; Bras, Rafael L. 2022. Tree censuses at Bisley Experimental Watersheds before and after Hurricane Hugo. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0025

Abstract:

This data publication includes tree census data taken at the Bisley Experimental Watersheds (BEW) in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico from 1989 through 2014. Specifically, measurements were taken three months before hurricane Hugo in 1989 (denoted as 1988 census), three months after hurricane Hugo in 1989 (denoted as 1989 census), and every five years since then (1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014). Currently there are 95 plots (each 10-meter diameter circles), which are each 40 meters apart. On each plot, all trees with a diameter at breast height (DBH) greater than or equal to 2.5 centimeters were identified to species and measured. Additionally, tree heights were recorded for the two tallest tree in each plot. There are two data files included in this package. One file includes tree species, DBH, and height (for the two tallest trees.) The second file includes the same tree measurements but missing diameters were filled with an algorthim based on previous and later censuses. This algorithm-filled data set is provided to help meet the needs of particular synthetic data products such as forest dynamics models that require gap-filled data.

Keywords:

tree diameter; tree species; algorithm; tree census; hurricane disturbance; hurricane recovery; biota; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Puerto Rico; tropical forest; Bisley Experimental Watersheds; Caribbean

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