ECOPICS_Mx_Aboveground biomass from Pico de Orizaba Protected Park

ECOPICS Project : Aboveground Plant Dry Mass from 0.2 5 x 0.25m soil monolith Field campaign October-November 2017 Last modification : May 2022 by Isabelle Barois and Martín de los Santos The above-ground plant biomass was sampled per species on the top of the monolith (0.25 x 0.25m). Samples were dried in the oven and weighed after by Maricruz Álvarez. All the masses are therefore Dry Masses. The dry biomass of each green species was weighed and recorded independently. The dry biomass of the dry species was weighted all together and only the dominance of each dry species was expressed as a percentage of the total by monolith. The Aboveground Dry Mass Is = total dry green Biomass + total dry Biomass Each monolith has a unique name made of : Altitudinal level : from 3400 to 4400 (every 200 m) Plot Number : from 1 to 30 Target Species names: Tree, Pinus hartwegii; Shrub,Oxylobus arbutifolius/Chianolaena lavandulifolia and; Herb, Lupinus monticola/Senecio roseus.