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 saplin..., We collected data of forest structural attributes in 36 plots of approximately 45 m x 44 m each installed on the edge of two stretches of the Vassununga State Park (Parque Estadual de Vassununga - PEV) (47º34’58” S and 21º42’58” W), municipality of Santa Rita de Passa Quatro, southeastern Brazil. The vegetation is the submontane seasonal semideciduous forest, which belonging to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest domain, and the edge studied borders a high-traffic road (Departamento de Estradas e Rodagem, 2024). From 2014 to 2021, 24 plots underwent climber cutting (cutting) on a yearly basis (except for 2018), of which 12 additionally had seedlings of native tree species planted (cutting+planting); the remaining 12 plots were kept unmanaged (control).
The following data were collected in the 36 plots: stem diameter at breast height (DBH, measured at 1.3 m from the ground) of every living tree with DBH ≥ 4.8 cm (large trees hereafter) and number of large dead trees, both obtained after the pl..., , # Structural attributes of a forest fragment under climber management

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.612jm64fp](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.612jm64fp)

This file contains the data used in the paper:

Santos, G.A.M.; Martins, V.F.; Oliveira, A.C.C.; José, M.P.Z. & Viani, R.A.G. 2025. Combining Climber Cutting and Tree Seedling Planting Improves Structural Attributes of a Seasonal Semideciduous Forest in Southeastern Brazil. Biotropica 57: e70023. [https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70023](https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70023)

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### Summary of experimental efforts underlying this dataset:

The file contains data of forest structural attributes collected in 36 plots of approximately 45 m x 44 m each installed on the edge of ...,