Plot-level summary census data and aboveground biomass estimates

We use long-term forest inventory data (1971-2019) from Australian moist tropical forests and a causal inference framework to assess the carbon balance of woody aboveground standing biomass over time, the demographic processes accounting for it and its climatic drivers, including cyclones.This file contains a plot-level summary of stem inventory data, for stems >= 10 cm DBH, by census interval. Note that all numbers pertain to stems, not trees (i.e., multistem individuals tracked as individual stems). Stem heights were estimated at each time point using a Weibull function fit to all available height-diameter census data from the plots. Aboveground biomass (AGB) of individual stems was calculated using the Chave et al. (2005) moist forest equation: AGB = 0.0509*(WD * DBH² * height). Rates are transformed from plot-level (0.5 ha) to per-hectare (1 ha) by multiplying by 2. All values correspond to the end of the census interval.