Genus gives the abundance of 27 common tree genera in the tropical moist forest of the Congo-Basin and 40 geo-referenced environmental variables on one thousand 8 by 8 km plots (observations). Each plot's data was obtained by aggregating the data measured on a variable number of previously sampled 0.5 ha sub-plots. Geo-referenced environmental variables were used to describe the physical factors as well as vegetation characteristics. 14 physical factors were used pertaining the description of topography, geology and rainfall of each plot. Vegetation is characterized through 16-days enhanced vegetation index (EVI) data.
Format
gen1 to gen27 | abundance of the 27 common genera. |
altitude | above-sea level in meters. |
pluvio_yr | mean annual rainfall. |
forest | classified into seven classes. |
pluvio_1 to pluvio_12 | monthly rainfalls. |
geology | 5-level geological substrate. |
evi_1 to evi_23 | 16-days enhanced vegetation indexes. |
lon and lat | position of the plot centers. |
surface | sampled area. |
References
S. Gourlet-Fleury et al. (2009--2014) CoForChange project: http://coforchange.cirad.fr/
C. Garcia et al. (2013--2015) CoForTips project: https://www.cofortips.org/