Structural attributes of a forest fragment under climber management

This is a dataset containing structural attributes of a degraded edge of a
tropical seasonal semideciduous forest fragment in the Atlantic Forest of
southeastern Brazil. We collected data in 36 plots of approximately 45 m x
44 m each, of which 12 had undergone climber cutting (cutting), 12 climber
cutting in combination with planting of native tree species’ seedlings
(cutting+planting), and 12 plots had not been managed (control). Climber
cutting was conducted on a yearly basis since 2014 and data on trees,
saplings, and climbers were collected at different moments in time along
an eight-year period. We calculated tree basal area (m2.ha-1) using the
stem diameter at breast height (DBH) measured for each large living tree
(DBH ≥ 4.8 cm), tree density (ind.ha-1) using the number of large living
trees, and percentage of large dead trees in relation to large living
trees. We then calculated tree sapling (DBH < 4.8 cm and total
height ≥ 50 cm) density (ind.ha-1) using the number of saplings and
sapling richness (number of species). Last, we calculated climber density
(ind.ha-1) using the number of climbers longer than 1 m and climber basal
area (m2.ha-1) using the stem diameter measured 1 m away from the rooting
point. Data on saplings and climbers were collected in 3 m x 15 m subplots
positioned at the centre of each of the 36 plots. In the datafile, we
present the variable values per plot.