Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Invertebrates

Woody Plants

Community

Regional

Observational

Time series

Taxonomic Group	Invertebrates, Woody Plants
Level of Organization	Community
Scale	Regional
Data Type	Observational, Time series
Georeferenced	No

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); Sherman, Panama (9.364^(O)N, 79.955^(O)W); Cocoli, Panama (8.975^(O)N, 79.591^(O)W)

Sites Georefferenced: No

Timespan: Variable by site

Methods: Standardized census methods and protocols are described in detail HERE.

Data Available: Barro Colorado Island (50 ha plot data, species, abundance, soil); Cocoli (4 ha plot data, abundance); Sherman (6 ha plot data, abundance); Tree Atlas of the Panama Canal Watershed; Lianas of Panama; Neotropical Tree Geographic Distribution