Greater landscape-scale forest cover and animal-mediated seed dispersal syndromes associate with faster recovery rates in restoring tropical Andean forests
Data files
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env_landscape_restor_plots.csv
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README.md
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rec_saplings_disp_mode.csv
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rec_saplings_ind_sp.csv
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rec_trees_2to5cm_disp_mode.csv
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rec_trees_2to5cm_ind_sp.csv
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rec_trees_above5cm.csv
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Abstract
Data on recovery rates of woody vegetation in five restoring areas in North-Western Ecuador. Datasets include 1) environmental and landscape variables, 2) trees measuring > 5 cm dbh [individuals and biomass], 3) naturally regenerated trees measuring 2-5 cm dbh [individuals, species richness, dispersal mode], and 4) woody saplings measuring ≥ 20 cm height and < 2 cm dbh [individuals, species richness, dispersal mode]. All data recovery values are presented as plot-level rates over time. For regenerated trees and saplings, datasets on their dispersal syndromes are also available. Environmental data includes elevation, mean annual temperature and precipitation extracted from the CHELSA extrapolated database. This file also contains land-cover data extracted using Sentinel 2 on the distance of each forest monitoring plot to a natural forest patch, and percentage of landscape-scale natural forest cover.
Dataset DOI: 10.5061/dryad.rxwdbrvp8
Description of the data and file structure
Data collected in circular plots measuring 8 m radius in Andean montane restoring forests in NW Ecuador. Tree plantation efforts took place in 2011 and 2013, and monitoring took place in 2019. Trees above 2 cm dbh were measured. Saplings higher than 20 cm and less than 2 cm dbh were measured.
Files and variables
File: env_landscape_restor_plots.csv
Description: Environmental and landscape attribute variables used in the study.
File: rec_saplings_disp_mode.csv
Description: Number of individuals in the sapling category (20 cm height, < 2 cm dbh) according to their dispersal mode: zoochory or other.
File: rec_saplings_ind_sp.csv
Description: Number of individuals and of species in the sapling category (20 cm height, < 2 cm dbh)
File: rec_trees_2to5cm_disp_mode.csv
Description: Number of individuals in the recruited trees ( >2 and < 5 cm dbh) according to their dispersal mode: zoochory or other.
File: rec_trees_above5cm.csv
Description: Number of individuals and biomass of trees (>5 cm dbh)
File: rec_trees_2to5cm_ind_sp.csv
Description: Number of individuals and of species of recruited trees ( >2 and < 5 cm dbh)
Variable definitions
| Variable | Description |
| site | Cluster of restoration areas (n=5) |
| numeric_plot_ID | Unique monitoring forest plot ID |
| year_meas | Year of last measurement |
| year_planted | Year forest restoration took place |
| altitude | Elevation in m estimated in the field |
| clim_bio1 | Mean annual temperature in Centigrades, obtained from Chelsa |
| clim_bio12 | Total annual precipitation in mm, obtained from Chelsa |
| Distance.to.forest_m | Distance tof a forest monitoring plot to the nearest natural forest fragment measuring 30 x 30 m, mapped with Sentinel-2 |
| cover | Site level % of forest cover |
| age | Years of the monitoring plot since tree planting |
| Other | Dispersal syndrom different than Zoochory |
| ZC | Zoochory dispersal syndorm |
| no_ind | Total number of individuals |
| n_sp | Number o species per plot |
| n_ind | Number of individuals per plot |
| no_ind | Number of individuals per plot |
| no_sp_plot | Number of individuals per plot |
| response | Two types of responses: number of individual trees per year, biomass accumulation in kg per year |
| value | Value for the response in kg for biomass, and for number of individuals (related to response variable) |
Code/software
Excel, text
Access information
Other publicly accessible locations of the data:
- NA
Data was derived from the following sources:
- Environmental data obtained from the Chelsa extrapolated database