Volatile monoterpene ‘fingerprints’ of resinous Protium tree species in the Amazon rainforest, Phytochemistry: Data

Volatile terpenoid resins represent a diverse group of plant defense chemicals involved in defense against herbivory, abiotic stress, and communication. However, their composition in tropical forests remains poorly characterized. As a part of tree identification, the ‘smell’ of damaged trunks is widely used, but is highly subjective. Here, we analyzed trunk volatile monoterpene emissions from 15 species of the genus Protiumin in Manaus, Brazil. Included in this data package are volatile monoterpene compositions of tree trunk resins from 77 individuals. We hypothesized that by normalizing the abundances of 28 monoterpenes in each individual, a unique Protium monoterpene ‘fingerprint’ pattern exists for each of the 15 species. This data package contains data used in the publication, "Volatile monoterpene ‘fingerprints’ of resinous Protium tree species in the Amazon rainforest." A full citation is available in the below field, "Dataset References." This dataset was originally published on the NGEE Tropics Archive and is being mirrored on ESS-DIVE for long-term archival Acknowledgement: This material is based upon work supported as part of the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments-Tropics (NGEE-Tropics) funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research through contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 to LBNL, as part of DOE's Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Program.