Measurements of height, diameter at breast height and basal diameter for Prestoea acuminata at the Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot (LFDP), Puerto Rico in January 2020.

Data were collected in January 2020 in Puerto Rico, within and outside the boundaries of LFDP. For each of these palms, we measured stem height from the ground to the base of the crown (Hbc; height of the youngest internode), diameter at 130 cm above ground (D130), and basal diameter (DB; just above the top of the roots). These are the data which accompany the publication: Height-diameter allometry for a dominant palm to improve understanding of carbon and forest dynamics in forests of Puerto Rico.

本数据集于2020年1月在波多黎各境内LFDP边界内外区域采集。针对每一株受试棕榈植株，研究人员测定了三项形态指标：从地面至冠基的茎干高度（记为Hbc，即最幼节间高度）、地面以上130厘米处的茎干直径（记为D130）以及基径（记为DB，即根系顶端上方位置的直径）。本数据集配套发表于论文《优势棕榈种的高径异速生长关系——提升对波多黎各森林碳循环与森林动态的认知》（Height-diameter allometry for a dominant palm to improve understanding of carbon and forest dynamics in forests of Puerto Rico）。