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Tree Demography of India Dipterocarp Forest

This dataset contains twenty years (1990-2010) of tree demography in a permanent sample plot containing 3870 Dipterocarp species in the Pushpagiri Wildlife Sannctuary of India's Western Ghats. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Uppangala Permanant Sample Plots, Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary ( 12°35′N , 75°40′E ) Sampling Frequency: 3-5 years (1990-1993,...MORE

Canopy Geometry and Plant Architecture at a Leaf Scale

This dataset profiles allometric relationships of fruit trees using 3-D mapping, including one apple, two mango, two rubber, and one walnut. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: France (apple, walnut) and Thailand (mango, rubber) Sites Georefferenced: Yes Sampling Frequency: Once Methods: Leaf location and orientation were measured using an electromagnetic...MORE

Kelp holdfast assemblages

This dataset describes the biodiversity of fauna (including Arthropoda, Annelida, Mollusca, and Bryozoa) inhabiting kelp holdfasts in northeastern New Zealand at several spatial scales: from meters up to hundreds of kilometers. Dataset Location: Available from author upon request Site Location(s): Berghan Point (34°55.78′ S, 173°32.72′ E), Home Point (35°19.38′ S,...MORE

Old-growth Lowland Tropical Rain Forest Tree Performance

This dataset follows a lowland tropical rain forest for 17 years in Costa Rica. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives (1983-1993) , Ecological Archives Update (1993-2000) Site Location: La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica (10 o 26' N, 83 o 59' W) Sites Georefferenced: Yes Timespan: 1983 - 2000 Sampling Frequency: annually...MORE

Paleobiology Database

This web site hosts information about the entire fossil record, including information about fossil collections, individual plants and animals, taxonomic groups, references to publications, stratigraphic units, time scales, and time intervals. Data Location: paleobiodb.org Data Available: collection, occurrence, specimen records, taxonomic names/opinion, measurements of specimens Comments: Tools are available on...MORE

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Leaf Toughness Traits in a Neotropical Forest

This data set describes leaf toughness traits for 197 tree and shrub species from a Panamanian neotropical forest. Dataset Location: Dryad Site Location: Baro Colorado Island, Panama (9.154 o N, 79.846 o W) Sites Georefferenced: No Methods: For details regarding sampling methodology contact Joe Wright ( wrightj@si.edu ) or Jared...MORE

Nematode Communities of Costa Rica

This data set describes nematode communities within the tropical rainforest of Costa Rica. Dataset Location: Dryad Site Location: La Selva Biological Research Station, Costa Rica (10 o 26' N, 83 o 59' W) Sites Georefferenced: No Methods: Species were identified using molecular operational taxonomic units measured by an 18S ribosomal...MORE

Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER

This web site hosts data from the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research station on the Altamhaha, Doboy, and Sapelo Sounds. Dataset Location: http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/app/data_catalog.asp Site Location: Altamhaha, Doboy, and Sapelo Sounds; coast of Georgia, U.S.A. Datasets Available: THEMES - algal productivity; aquatic invertebrate ecology; bacterial productivity; general nutrient chemistry;...MORE

Neotropical stingless bee (meliponine) species traits

Includes all Neotropical stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini) species, with trait data collected from the literature and unpublished data. Traits include worker body size, colony size, nest description, foraging strategy, aggressiveness, flight range, etc. All data entered have been matched to current species names, following the Moure catalog ( http://moure.cria.org.br/index...MORE

Neotropical stingless bee (meliponine) plant visitation

Includes published and unpublished records of Neotropical stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini) plant usage determined through both transect studies and pollen analyses. I have matched data to current bee species names following the Moure catalog ( http://moure.cria.org.br/index ), and plant classification following GBIF ( http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm ). Dataset Location: Please contact...MORE