## Suplementary datasets *Tropical tree height and crown allometries for the Barro Colorado Natural Monument, Panama: a comparison of alternative hierarchical models incorporating interspecific variation in relation to life history traits* Isabel Martinez1*, Helene C. Muller-Landau2, S. Joseph Wright2, Stephanie A. Bohlman2,3 and Stephen W. Pacala1 1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA 2 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, Panama 3 School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32601, USA *E-mail: [isamcano@gmail.com](isamcano@gmail.com) The data used in the manuscript (doi: [10.5194/bg-2018-314](https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2018-314)) is included in the following two tables with fields; `SpeciesTraits20190104.csv` includes species-specific traits that entered as covariates in our allometric models; these data was included only for completeness,please refer to the original sources and include a citation to the manuscripts listed below in case you want to use these data. - `Mnemonic`: six-letter species codes used by [STRI](https://doi.org/10.25570/stri/10088/32990) in the field - `SpeciesName`: species names based on Condit et al. 2017 doi: [doi.org/10.25570/stri/10088/32990](https://doi.org/doi.org/10.25570/stri/10088/32990) - `SG100C_AVG`: dry matter weight per unit of fresh volume [g cm-3] (source: Wright et al. 2010 doi: [10.1890/09-2335](https://doi.org/10.1890/09-2335)) - `logRGR_10`: mean diameter growth rate of 10-49 mm DBH saplings [% yr-1] (source: Condit et al 2006 doi: [10.1023/a:1005395806800](htpps://10.1023/a:1005395806800)) - `logMORT_10`; mean mortality rate of 10-99 mm DBH saplings/poles [% yr-1] (source: Condit et al 2006 doi: [10.1023/a:1005395806800](https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005395806800)) `DiameterHeightCrown20190104.csv` includes 9885 tree height and 2425 crown area measurements at Barro Colorado National Monument. - `Mnemonic`: six-letter species codes used by [STRI](https://doi.org/10.25570/stri/10088/32990) in the field - `SpeciesName`: species names based on Condit et al. 2017 doi: [doi.org/10.25570/stri/10088/32990](https://doi.org/doi.org/10.25570/stri/10088/32990) - `OriginalSource`: name of the original dataset (see column #1 in table S1 in the Supplemental for further details and references) - `Site`: site of measurement [BCI50ha or Gigante] (see table S1) - `Date`: date of measurement [yyyymmdd] - `Tag`: alpha numeric identifier for each tree within the original dataset; note that some trees were measured during different studies - `HeightOfMeasurement`: height of trunk diameter measurements [m] - `Diameter`: individual tree diameter at breast height [cm] - `Height`: individual tree diameter at breast height [m] - `CrownArea`: individual crown area [m2] The sources of field measurement data and methods are further detailed in the main text and in Table S1 in the Supplementary Materials.