Databases and code for the publication entitled: "Growth determinants of timber species Triplochiton scleroxylon and implications for forest management in central Africa"

This archive contains all the necessary data and R script to reproduce the results of the manuscript entitled "Growth determinants of timber species Triplochiton scleroxylon and implications for forest management in central Africa" published in Forest Ecology and Management. It includes database csv files, script to reproduce the main analyses and figures with R software and documentation. ayous_growth : measures of ayous diameter id : measurement id id_tree : tree id id_plot : plot id date : measurement date diameter : measured diameter (cm) hom : heaight of point of measure (cm) year : census year code_observation : observation codes (see dico_src‧xls, multiple codes can be used) code_mortality : mortality codes (see dico_src‧xls) comment : additionnal comments recorded in the field valid_hom_obs : TRUE = no change in hom over time / FALSE = hom changed over time not_identified_error : TRUE = no error / FALSE = an erroneous data data was identified for this tree ayous_plot : site and plot description id : plot id site : site name treatment : treatment (control, logged, logged+thinned) last_cutting_dates : last known cutting dates company : if relevant, company name fmu : if relevant, forest management unit number aac : if relevant, annual cutting area number ayous_rings : measure of ring width in tree rings number : ayous number as recorded in the field transect : transect id on which rings were measured year : corresponding ring year ringWidth_mm : ring with (mm) dist2center_mm : distance from ring start to center age : corresponding ring age id : measure id id_plot : plot id id_tree : tree id diameter : corresponding diameter (cm) (first diameter) growth : diameter growth (cm) first_diameter : diameter corresponding to ring start (cm) last_diameter : diameter corresponding to ring end (cm) dominance : dominant position status (see dico_src‧xls) treatment : plot treatment (control, logged, logged+thinned) ayous_tree : sampeld tree description id : tree id id_plot : plot id lattitude : lattitude (WGS84) longitude : longitude (WGS84) dawkins : dawkins code (see dico_src‧xls) dominance : dominant position status (see dico_src‧xls) shared R script.R : R script used to produce the analyses presented in the manuscript shared R script.html : html report produced by the R script dico_src : explanation of all the codes we used (in french)