Wood density for 26 plant species collected from Northern Western Ghats

This dataset contains wood density estimates for species collected from Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. The data was collected for baseline data generation for the Sahyadri Restoration Program as part of CEROS Lab at Nature Conservation Foundation. The fieldwork was carried out in Feb-Mar 2024.

Wood cores were collected using Increment Borer (Haglof 12inch, 3 thread, 5.15mm)

Usage notes:

readme_wood_density.txt contains the information for each columns and the values calculated

Wood Density Maharashtra.csv contains the dataset

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

I would like to thank GCPL CSR (Godrej Consumers Products) for funding this data collection as part of the Sahyadri Restoration project and S.P.K College Sawantwadi for providing the necessary lab support. Special thanks to Dr. Deelip Bharmal (Principal S.P.K College) and Dr. G.S Margaj (Professor Zoology Dept) for help with the lab analysis.