bcispp.info {CTFS}R Documentation

Dataset of Information on each Species found in the BCI 50 HA plot

Description

A tabulation of information on each species found during all cenuses of the BCI 50 HA plot. Information currently includes taxonomic levels, growth form, size at reproductions, breed system and maximum height. The information for each species is derived from various sources.

Usage

data(bcispp.info)

Format

A dataframe with 318 rows and 8 columns

rowname
a character vector, 6 letter code for a species name: genus is 2 letters and species is 4. Names with numbers indicate species that have yet to be formally named. Names may be upper or lower case but rowname and sp are of the same case.
sp
a character vector, identical to rowname
genus
a character vector, full latin Genus name
species
a character vector, full latin Species name
family
a character vector, full latin Family name
grform
a character vector
repsize
a numeric vector
breedsys
a character vector
maxht
a numeric vector

Details

bcispp.info variables have the following values:

grform
the growth form of a species, derived from knowledge of the species at this site and elsewhere.

Code Growth Form Number of Species
H herb 2
M main canopy 75
S shrub 59
T treelet 108
U understorey 64
Z unknown 4
“.” other missing 6
breedsys
the breeding system of the species, derived from knowledge of the species at this site an elsewhere.
Code Breeding System Number of Species
B bisexual 202
D dioecious 64
M monecious 35
P polygamous 11
“.” other missing 6
repsize
the size of the tree upon reproduction, DBH in cm, derived from knowledge of the species at this site and elsewhere.
maxht
the maximum height achieved by a species, derived from knowledge of the speices at this site and elsewhere.

Source

The Center for Tropical Forest Science
http://www.ctfs.si.edu

Examples

## Not run: 
str(bcispp.info)
`data.frame':   318 obs. of  8 variables:
 $ sp      : chr  "acacme" "acaldi" "acalma" "ade1tr" ...
 $ genus   : chr  "Acacia" "Acalypha" "Acalypha" "Adelia" ...
 $ species : chr  "melanoceras" "diversifolia" "macrostachya" "triloba" ...
 $ family  : chr  "Fabaceae:Mimos." "Euphorbiaceae" "Euphorbiaceae" "Euphorbiaceae" ...
 $ grform  : chr  "U" "S" "U" "U" ...
 $ repsize : int  4 2 2 10 4 20 16 4 4 20 ...
 $ breedsys: chr  "B" "M" "M" "D" ...
 $ maxht   : chr  "6" "6" "5" "5" ...
## End(Not run)

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