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This dataset describes variation in net primary production and growth of giant kelp in the Santa Barbara Channel, California. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Arroyo Quemado (34 o 28.127' N, 120 o 07.285' W), Arroyo Burro (34 o 24.007' N, 119 o 44.663' W), and Mohawk (34 o 23.660'...MORE
This dataset compares avian body sizes with mating characteristics for 3769 species. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Western Palearctic, North America, Africa, Austrailia, New Zealand, Antarctica Sites Georeferenced: No Methods: Data was gathered from major ornithologial handbooks, suplemented by authors personal data. Behavioral scores are described within the metadata...MORE
This dataset contains nine years (1998-2006) of understory vegetation sampling along an elevation gradient in a recovering forest in Quebec from logging and fire disturbance. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Station de Biologie des Laurentides, St. Hippolyte, Quebec, Canada (46 o 58' - 46 o 01' N, 73 o...MORE
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
This dataset contains over 16,000 records or a consumer body size and its resources. Dataset Location: Ecological Data Site Location: United Kingdom, United States, Antarctica Sites Georefferenced: Yes (not all entries) Data Collected: body size, taxonomy, location, habitat, feeding interaction, metabolism Best practices: Error code -999. Additional considerations: These data...MORE
This dataset compiles general life history characteristics for various taxa and body size groups of placental non-volant mammals. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Methods: Data was collected from the literature. Values for life history characteristics are averages of numerous individuals/studies to acount for variability of traits due to climate or evironmental...MORE
This dataset compiles body mass of all known mammals across geographic and taxonomic space and evolutionary time. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Methods: Data was collected from more than 150 pre-established sources. Data Collected: species, averaged body mass Orders: Artiodactyla (280 records), Bibymalagasia (2 records), Carnivora (393 records), Cetacea (75 records),...MORE
This web site hosts data collected at the North Temperate Lakes LTER in Wisconsin since at least 1981 organized by the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin. Data Location: http://lter.limnology.wisc.edu/datacatalog/search Site Location: Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, and other lakes in the Yahara Lake District, southern Wisconsin; Trout Lake,...MORE
This web site hosts the largest collection of animal and plant population data throughout the world, within nearly 5,000 time series. Data Location: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/cpb/research/patternsandprocesses/gpdd Data Available: mammals, birds, zooplankton counts, etc. Comments: A log-in is requested for the organizers to track the use of the data. A search page and...MORE
This data set was collected by the Center for Tropical Forest Science at the Smithsonian research facilities in the Panama Canal Watershed, including forest census, carbon storage, wood density, soil, plant functional traits, and arthpod monitoring. Dataset Location: http://www.ctfs.si.edu/group/Resources/Data Site Location: Barro Colorado Island, Panama(9.154 O N, 79.846 O W);...MORE

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