Pantropical Tree Sapwood Area Data, 1977 - 2015

This data package contains a synthesis of pantropical sapwood area as a function of tree size (height or DBH) for trees ranging in sizes 1 - 140 cm DBH and 6 - 44 m tall. Data span both natural tropical forests and plantations and rainfall gradients from deciduous dry tropical forests to ever wet tropical forests, and come from the following countries: Queensland, Australia; Costa Rica; Panama; Sulawesi, Indonesia; Venezuela; Ecuador; Brazil; French Guiana; Bolivia. Three CSV files are included: SA_headers.csv: description of variables in the two files belowSA.csv: tree size (DBH or height) sapwood areaSA_references.csv: citation, bibliographic reference, and DOI for the published references from which data were extracted. This dataset was originally published on the NGEE Tropics Archive and is being mirrored on ESS-DIVE for long-term archival. Acknowledgement: This research was supported as part of NGEE-Tropics, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research under contract no. DE-SC0012704.