Wood density data of central African rainforest trees (doi:10.23708/8DUWUC)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Wood density data of central African rainforest trees

Identification Number:

doi:10.23708/8DUWUC

Distributor:

DataSuds

Date of Distribution:

2020-02-07

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

PLOTON, Pierre; MOMO TAKOUDJOU, Stéphane; SONKE, Bonaventure; BOYEMBA, Faustin; LOUMETO, Joel; MEDJIBE, Vincent; NGOMANDA, Alfred; OBIANG, Diosdado; YONGO, Olga, 2020, "Wood density data of central African rainforest trees", https://doi.org/10.23708/8DUWUC, DataSuds, V1, UNF:6:y5Zj/XE7YFjIocVdb7mhWg== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Wood density data of central African rainforest trees

Identification Number:

doi:10.23708/8DUWUC

Authoring Entity:

PLOTON, Pierre (IRD - French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development)

MOMO TAKOUDJOU, Stéphane (Plant Systematic and Ecology Laboratory (LaBosystE), Department of Biology, Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 047, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

SONKE, Bonaventure (Plant Systematic and Ecology Laboratory (LaBosystE), Department of Biology, Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 047, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

BOYEMBA, Faustin (University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo)

LOUMETO, Joel (University of Marien NGouabi, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo)

MEDJIBE, Vincent (Commission des Forêts d’Afrique Centrale (COMIFAC), Yaoundé BP 20818, Cameroon)

NGOMANDA, Alfred (Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale (IRET/CENAREST), BP 13354, Libreville, Gabon)

OBIANG, Diosdado (INDEFOR-AP, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea)

YONGO, Olga (University of Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic)

Distributor:

DataSuds

Access Authority:

BARBIER, Nicolas

Access Authority:

SONKE, Bonaventure

Depositor:

PLOTON, Pierre

Date of Deposit:

2020-01-25

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.23708/8DUWUC

Study Scope

Keywords:

Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wood density, Tropical forest, Carbon, Biomass, Africa

Topic Classification:

Geography, environment and climatology

Abstract:

The dataset contains wood density measures (n=3820) from 822 trees (55 species, 16 families) destructively sampled in six countries of central Africa. Wood density estimations are reported for six tree compartments along tree vertical profile, from the stump to the smallest branches. Field and laboratory protocols are described in publications associated to these data, notably Fayolle et al. (2018, Forest ecology and management) and Momo & Ploton et al. (2020, Scientific Reports).

Time Period:

2015-2017

Notes:

These data have been collected in the frame of the regional project on REDD+ “Establishment of allometric equations for forest types in the Congo Basin” grant N° TF010038 from the Global Environment Facility administered by the World Bank and implemented by COMIFAC. Data collection was carried out by INDEFOR-AP (Equatorial Guinea), IRET (Gabon), the University of Yaoundé 1 (Cameroon), the University of Bangui (CAR), the University of Marien Ngouabi (Congo) and the University of Kisangani (DRC).

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Citation

Title:

Momo, S.T., Ploton, P., Martin-Ducup, O., Lehnebach, R., Fortunel, C., Takougoum Sagang, L.B., Boyemba, F., Couteron, P., Fayolle, A., Libalah, M., Loumeto, J., Medjibe, V., Ngomanda, A., Obiang, D., Pélissier, R., Rossi, V., Yongo, O., PREREDD collaborators, Sonké, B. and Barbier, N. (2020). Leveraging signatures of plant functional strategies in wood density profiles of African trees to correct mass estimations from terrestrial laser data. Scientific Report

Identification Number:

10.1038/s41598-020-58733-w

Bibliographic Citation:

Momo, S.T., Ploton, P., Martin-Ducup, O., Lehnebach, R., Fortunel, C., Takougoum Sagang, L.B., Boyemba, F., Couteron, P., Fayolle, A., Libalah, M., Loumeto, J., Medjibe, V., Ngomanda, A., Obiang, D., Pélissier, R., Rossi, V., Yongo, O., PREREDD collaborators, Sonké, B. and Barbier, N. (2020). Leveraging signatures of plant functional strategies in wood density profiles of African trees to correct mass estimations from terrestrial laser data. Scientific Report

File Description--f574

File: Data_WD_centralAfrica_01-2020.tab

  • Number of cases: 12

  • No. of variables per record: 2

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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UNF:6:y5Zj/XE7YFjIocVdb7mhWg==

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Variable Format: character

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Variable Format: character

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