latitude_diversity dataset

Tree diversity data

Data on tree diversity from 24 forest plots in locations ranging from the tropics to northern Europe and the USA data

data("latitude_diversity")

Format

A data frame with 24 observations on the following 12 variables.

• Plot: Plot name
• Country: Country
• Latitude: Plot latitude
• Longitude: Plot longitude
• Plot_size_Ha: Size of the plot in Ha
• Total_individuals: Total number of trees >1cm DBH
• Species_richness: Total number of tree species
• Rarified_sp_richness: Rarified species richness
• Shannon_diversity: Shannon diversity index
• Mean_local_richness: Mean richness per 20m quadrat
• Mean_local_richness_rarified: Rarified richness per 20m quadrat
• Mean_local_Shannon: Shannon diversity index per 20m quadrat

Source

Table S1 in https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/suppl/2017/06/28/356.6345.1389.DC1/aam5678_LaManna_SM.pdf

References

LaManna, J.A., Mangan, S.A., Alonso, A., Bourg, N.A., Brockelman, W.Y., Bunyavejchewin, S., Chang, L.-W., Chiang, J.-M., Chuyong, G.B., Clay, K., Condit, R., Cordell, S., Davies, S.J., Furniss, T.J., Giardina, C.P., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., He, F., Howe, R.W., Hubbell, S.P., Hsieh, C.-F., Inman-Narahari, F.M., Janik, D., Johnson, D.J., Kenfack, D., Korte, L., Kral, K., Larson, A.J., Lutz, J.A., McMahon, S.M., McShea, W.J., Memiaghe, H.R., Nathalang, A., Novotny, V., Ong, P.S., Orwig, D.A., Ostertag, R., Parker, G.G., Phillips, R.P., Sack, L., Sun, I.-F., Tello, J.S., Thomas, D.W., Turner, B.L., Vela Diaz, D.M., Vrska, T., Weiblen, G.D., Wolf, A., Yap, S. & Myers, J.A. (2017) Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale. Science, 356, 1389-1392.

Examples

data(latitude_diversity)
str(latitude_diversity)