ForC

ForC expands upon the previously published tropical portion of this database, TropForC (https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.t516f), now including 17,367 records (previously 3,568) representing 2,731 plots (previously 845) in 826 geographically distinct areas. The database covers all forested biogeographic and climate zones, represents forest stands of all ages, and currently includes data collected between 1934 and 2015. We expect that ForC will prove useful for macroecological analyses of forest C cycling, for evaluation of model predictions or remote sensing products, for quantifying the contribution of forests to the global C cycle, and for supporting international efforts to inventory forest carbon and greenhouse gas exchange.ForC 对该数据库此前发布的热带分支 TropForC（https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.t516f）进行了扩展，当前收录17367条数据记录（原3568条），对应826个地理独立区域内的2731个样地（原845个）。该数据库覆盖所有存在森林的生物地理带与气候带，包含各林龄的林分数据，目前收录了1934年至2015年间采集的相关数据。我们认为ForC可应用于森林碳循环的宏生态分析、模型预测结果或遥感产品的评估、森林对全球碳循环贡献的量化研究，同时可为国际森林碳清查与温室气体交换相关工作提供支撑。