Heights of new recruits for 69 Barro Colorado Island tree species for the period 1995-2011.

All woody seedlings (with no lower size threshold) were measured annually in 600 1-m2 seedling plots from 1994 through 2011. These plots are located 2 m from three sides of each of the 200 0.5-m2 seed traps in the Barro Colorado Island 50 ha forest dynamics plot (see Wright et al., 2005 for more information).The dataset contains seedlings heights for recruits when they first occur in the census, for the period 1995-2011.ColumnGenusgenus namespeciesSpecies namesizeHeight (mm) ReferencesWright, S.J., Muller-Landau, H.C., Calderón, O. & Hernandez, A. (2005). Annual and spatial variation in seedfall and seeding recruitment in a neotropical forest. Ecology, 86, 848–860.