Burslem, D.F.R.P. et al

Tropical forest seedling census data from Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia, 2019-2021

https://doi.org/10.5285/c1813d0d-193f-4f23-82c6-333d5d099b42 Cite this dataset
This dataset includes records of counts at four censuses between September 2019 and February 2021 of the number of seedlings of woody plants identified to species (or morphospecies) on a total of 207 plots located in either logged forest in the Ulu Segama Forest Reserve or unlogged forest in the Danum Valley Conservation Area, Malaysia.

These data were collected as part of NERC project “Seeing the fruit for the trees in Borneo: responding to an unpredictable community-level fruiting event” (NE/T006560/1).
Publication date: 2022-10-06

Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Where/When

Study area
Temporal extent
2019-01-01    to    2021-12-31

Provenance & quality

Seedling count data were collected on plots of size 1 m2 established in primary unlogged forest in the Danum Valley Conservation Area and logged forest in the Ulu Segama Forest Reserve in September to October 2019 during a mast fruiting event. These plots were recensused in November-December 2019, January-May 2020 and February-March 2021. Taxonomic identifications were conducted by comparison with a seedling reference collection and local knowledge.

Correspondence/contact details

Burslem, D.F.R.P.
University of Aberdeen
 d.burslem@abdn.ac.uk

Authors

Burslem, D.F.R.P.
University of Aberdeen
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6033-0990
Banin, L.F.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1168-3914
Bartholomew, D.C.
University of Exeter
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8123-1817
Bin Suis, M.A.F.
Sabah Forestry Department
Bittencourt, P.R.L.
University of Exeter
Chapman, D.
Stirling University
Dent, D.H.
Stirling University
Hayward, R.M.
Stirling University
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9653-225X
O’Brien, M.J.
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Rowland, L.M.
University of Exeter

Other contacts

Rights holder
University of Aberdeen
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
Biota
Keywords
biodiversity,  demography,  dipterocarp,  global change,  logging,  Malaysia,  mast fruiting,  plant functional trait,  Sabah,  seedling,  Southeast Asia,  tropical forest
INSPIRE Theme
Agricultural and Aquaculture Facilities
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/T006560/1
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84
Last updated
04 September 2023 07:55

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CITE AS: Burslem, D.F.R.P.; Banin, L.F.; Bartholomew, D.C.; Bin Suis, M.A.F.; Bittencourt, P.R.L.; Chapman, D.; Dent, D.H.; Hayward, R.M.; O’Brien, M.J.; Rowland, L.M. (2022). Tropical forest seedling census data from Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia, 2019-2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/c1813d0d-193f-4f23-82c6-333d5d099b42