Wood density and bark thickness for 613 tree species from the 50-ha Forest Dynamics Plot at Yasuni, Ecuador

The data include wood density and bark thickness for 613 tree species from the Yasuni Biological Station focusing on species present in the Yasuni 50-ha Forest Dynamics Plot. The Yasuni Biological Station is in the Yasuni National Park and Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador. The Yasuni 50-ha plot is located at 0°41′ S latitude, 76°24′ W longitude. Elevation is approximately 300 m. Air temperatures average 24.8 °C, annual rainfall averages 3100 mm, and the minimum mean monthly rainfall is 152 mm (Hietz et al. 2013. Functional Ecology 27: 684–692). The Yasuni flora is hyper-diverse, with more than 1,100 tree species recorded from the western 25-ha of the 50-ha plot (Valencia et al. 2004. Journal of Ecology 92: 214–229).

本数据集收录了源自亚苏尼生物站（Yasuni Biological Station）的613种树木的木材密度与树皮厚度数据，研究聚焦于亚苏尼50公顷森林动态样地（Yasuni 50-ha Forest Dynamics Plot）中的现存树种。亚苏尼生物站位于厄瓜多尔的亚苏尼国家公园与生物圈保护区内。该50公顷森林动态样地的地理坐标为南纬0°41′、西经76°24′，海拔约300米。区域年均气温24.8℃，年平均降水量3100毫米，月均最低降水量为152毫米（Hietz等，2013，《功能生态学（Functional Ecology）》，27卷：684–692）。亚苏尼地区植物区系物种多样性极高，在该50公顷样地的西部25公顷范围内已记录到1100余种树木（Valencia等，2004，《生态学杂志（Journal of Ecology）》，92卷：214–229）。