Readme file for the SaguaroCensusData.csv data file for Orum TV, Ferguson N, Mihail JD. Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) Mortality and Population Regeneration in the Cactus Forest of Saguaro National Park: Seventy-Five Years and Counting; PLOS ONE to be submitted. The column names and description of the data are as follows: PLOTID The six 4-hectare plots are labeled B2, B7, C7, F2, F3, and F5. PLANTID Saguaros are labeled sequentially starting with 1 in each plot. SAGUAROID A unique id assigned to each saguaro by adding 0, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, and 5000 to the PLANTID for saguaros in plots B2, B7, C7, F2, F3, and F5 respectively YRADDED The year a saguaro was added to the census; -9999 means the plant was part of the original census in 1942 YRFIRSTMEASURED This is the year the saguaro was first measured. It is equal to YRADDED except for plants not measured in the year they were found. HTYEARFIRSTMEASURED Height in inches the year the saguaro was first measured. SLAGEYEARFIRSTMEASURED Age in years is assigned based on HTYEARFIRSTMEASURED and Table 2-10 found in Steebergh and Lowe 1983, citation [8] in this paper. S&LGERMINATIONYEAR Calculated as YRFIRSTMEASURED-SLAGEYEARFIRSTMEASURED TNAGEYEARFIRSTMEASURED Age in years is assigned based on HTYEARFIRSTMEASURED and Table 3 in this paper. T&NGERMINATIONYEAR Calculated as YRFIRSTMEASURED-TNAGEYEARFIRSTMEASURED NURSE PLANT Genus species of the nurse plant, or description if no nurse plant COVER CLASS C1=large trees; C2=small trees or large shrubs;C3=small shrubs, grass or in open, minimal cover YRDEAD The year a plant died; -9999 means the plant is still alive in 2016 AGEDEAD Calculated as TNAGEYEARFIRSTMEASURED + (YRDEAD-YEARFIRSTMEASURED) CAUSE Mortality classified as BN (bacterial necrosis) if the cortical tissue has collapsed; it is classified as Wind/Poria if the saguaro is on the ground with root ball exposed. BN-F is for bacterial necrosis following freeze of 2011. Note that for the following fields, named HTxxINCH, a -9 means "not measurable" and a -2,-3,-4, or -5 means height class 2, 3, 4, or 5. See HT42 below for explanation of height classes. HT79INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1979 HT80INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1980 HT81INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1981 Note: no height data were taken in 1982 HT83INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1983 HT84INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1984 HT85INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1985 HT86INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1986 HT87INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1987 HT88INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1988 HT89INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1989 HT90INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1990 HT91INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1991 HT92INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1992 HT93INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1993 HT94INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1994 HT95INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1995 HT96INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1996 HT97INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1997 HT98INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1998 HT99INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 1999 HT00INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2000 HT01INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2001 HT02INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2002 HT03INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2003 HT04INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2004 HT05INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2005 HT06INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2006 HT07INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2007 HT08INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2008 HT09INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2009 HT10INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2010 HT11INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2011 HT12INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2012 HT13INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2013 HT14INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2014 HT15INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2015 HT16INCH Height of plant in inches to the nearest 1/4 inch in 2016 HT42 Height class in 1942; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT60 Height class in 1960; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT68 Height class in 1968; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT79 Height class in 1979; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT80 Height class in 1980; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT87 Height class in 1987; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT88 Height class in 1988; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT93 Height class in 1993; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT98 Height class in 1998; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT2000 Height class in 2000; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT2003 Height class in 2003; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT2006 Height class in 2006; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT2007 Height class in 2007; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT2008 Height class in 2008; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT2010 Height class in 2010; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT2013 Height class in 2013; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT2015 Height class in 2015; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT2016 Height class in 2016; 1:0-6ft; 2:6-12 ft; 3:12-18 ft; 4:18-24 ft; 5:taller than 24 ft. HT88FEET Height in feet calculated from clinometer reading HT88CL Placed in height classes based on HT88FEET HT92FEET Height in feet calculated from clinometer reading HT92CL Placed in height classes based on HT92FEET ARMS1968 Number of branches greater than 10 cm in diam in 1968 ARMS1979 Number of branches greater than 10 cm in diam in 1979 ARMS1988 Number of branches greater than 10 cm in diam in 1988 ARMS1993 Number of branches greater than 10 cm in diam in 1993 ARMS1998 Number of branches greater than 10 cm in diam in 1998 ARMS2003 Number of branches greater than 10 cm in diam in 2003 ARMS2008 Number of branches greater than 10 cm in diam in 2008 ARMS2010 Number of branches greater than 10 cm in diam in 2010 ARMS2013 Number of branches greater than 10 cm in diam in 2013 ARMS2014 Number of branches greater than 10 cm in diam in 2014 ARMS2015 Number of branches greater than 10 cm in diam in 2015 ARMS2016 Number of branches greater than 10 cm in diam in 2016