Diversity and forest structure characteristics of plots in the Center of Tropical Forest Science global plot network, including the Hawaiian plots, arranged in order of descending species richness.

Southern hemisphere latitudes are negative; land types are island (I) and mainland (M); dry season months are as those with [104] and ctfs.si.edu unless indicated by footnotes.1Mean annual rainfall data for the nearby city of Songkhla, Thailand (www.world-climates.com)2Kira T (1998) NPP Tropical Forest: Khao Chong, Thailand, 1962–1965. Data set. Available on-line [http://www.daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.3Average of 4 plots (2 monodominant forest, 2 mixed forest)4Divided into four 10-ha plots5Data from Ferreira de Lima RA, Oliveira AAD, Martini AMZ, Sampaio D, Souza VC, Rodrigues RR (2011) Structure, diversity, and spatial patterns in a permanent plot of a high restinga forest in Southeastern Brazil. Acta Botanica Brasilica 25: 633–645.6Basal area including tree ferns; 36.1m2/ha without tree ferns7Chave J and 37 others (2008) Assessing evidence for a pervasive alteration in tropical tree communities. PLoS Biology 6: 455–462.Diversity and forest structure characteristics of plots in the Center of Tropical Forest Science global plot network, including the Hawaiian plots, arranged in order of descending species richness.