Seedling-habitat associations of Dipterocarps across elevation gradients

This is a dataset produced during my MRes - Tropical Forest Ecology project and was used to for the analysis for my thesis

Project: This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: Elevation gradients as microclimate drivers of Dipterocarp dynamics in the face of climate change

XML metadata: GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available here

Data worksheets: There are 1 data worksheets in this dataset:

1. Seedling plot data (Worksheet Data)

   Dimensions: 194 rows by 20 columns

   Description: Seedling community composition in 2x2m subplots. NB: Only seedlings belonging to the family dipterocarpaceae were recorded.

   Fields:

   • Plot_no: Plot location (Field type: Location)
   • Sub_Plot: Subplot within Plot_no (Field type: ID)
   • Topography: Local topography (Field type: Categorical)
   • Elevation: Plot elevation. Values are the midpoint of 50-m wide elevational bands (i.e. 775 means the plot was between 750-800masl) (Field type: Numeric)
   • Anisoptera: Number of seedlings within plot (Field type: Abundance)
   • Hopea: Number of seedlings within plot (Field type: Abundance)
   • Shorea: Number of seedlings within plot (Field type: Abundance)
   • Parashorea: Number of seedlings within plot (Field type: Abundance)
   • Dryobalanops: Number of seedlings within plot (Field type: Abundance)
   • Dipterocarpus: Number of seedlings within plot (Field type: Abundance)
   • Cotylelobium: Number of seedlings within plot (Field type: Abundance)
   • Vatica: Number of seedlings within plot (Field type: Abundance)
   • Vateriopsis: Number of seedlings within plot (Field type: Abundance)
   • Slope_N: Slope measured in North compass direction (Field type: Numeric)
   • Slope_E: Slope measured in East compass direction (Field type: Numeric)
   • P_A: Is a Dipterocarp seedling present? (Field type: Categorical)
   • Adult_P_A: Is a Dipterocarp adult tree present or absent? (Field type: Categorical)
   • Forest_type: Forest classification (Field type: Categorical)
   • Soil_Type: Soil classification (Field type: Categorical)
   
   

Date range: 2017-02-06 to 2017-06-06

Latitudinal extent: 4.7037 to 4.7773

Longitudinal extent: 116.8439 to 116.9837

Taxonomic coverage:
All taxon names are validated against the GBIF backbone taxonomy. If a dataset uses a synonym, the accepted usage is shown followed by the dataset usage in brackets. Taxa that cannot be validated, including new species and other unknown taxa, morphospecies, functional groups and taxonomic levels not used in the GBIF backbone are shown in square brackets.