Osuri, A. M., S. Kasinathan, M. Siddhartha, D. Mudappa, and T. R. S. Raman. 2019. Effects of restoration on tree communities and carbon storage in rainforest fragments of the Western Ghats, India. Ecosphere DOI:10.1002/ecs2.2860 Dataset description File: tree_data.csv Description: Data on adult trees (>= 30 cm gbh) from 20x20m plots in restored, naturally regenerating and benchmark rainforests in the Anamalai Hills, India. Columns: X: Row ID Date: Plot sampling date Forest_name: Name of fragment/remnant/benchmark forest Site: Restoration/benchmark site name Site_code: Restoration/benchmark site code Plot_code: Plot code Plant_year: Year of planting age_2017: age in the year 2017 Treatment: Forest type - actively restored (Active), naturally regenerating (Passive) and benchmark species: Species name Genus: Genus GBH1-11: Girth at breast height of up to 10 stems (cm) GBH: Effective GBH (GBH1^2+GBH2^2+...GBHN^2)^0.5 (cm) DBH: Effective diameter at breast height (cm) Height: Tree height (m) Remarks HD_include: Whether to include (1) or not (0) in height-diameter ratio assessment (cut/broken trees excluded) accpt.nam: Accepted name (The Plant List) accpt.gen: Accepted genus (The Plant List) accpt.nam.full: Complete accepted name (The Plant List) File: regen_data.csv Description: Data on seedlings and saplings from 5x5m plots in restored, naturally regenerating and benchmark rainforests in the Anamalai Hills, India. Columns: X: Row ID Date: Plot sampling date Forest_name: Name of fragment/remnant/benchmark forest Site_code: Restoration/benchmark site code Plot_code: Plot code Treatment: Forest type - actively restored (Active), naturally regenerating (Passive) and benchmark Year_restored: Year of planting Species.name: Species name Notes regen: No. of saplings acc_name: Accepted name (The Plant List) acc_gen: Accepted genus (The Plant List) acc_name_full: Complete accepted name (The Plant List) File: species_traits.csv Description: Tree species type and wood density data. Columns: X: Row ID sp_name: Species name acc_name: Accepted name (The Plant List) acc_gen: Accepted genus (The Plant List) acc_name_full: Complete accepted name (The Plant List) Habt_New: Species type - Mature forest species, Secondary forest species, Introduced species, and Unknown affinity Wden_sp: Species wood density (g/cm^3) Wden_gen: Genus average wood density (g/cm^3) File: Resto_site_info.csv Description: Information on study sites. Columns: Forest_name: Name of fragment/remnant/benchmark forest Site_name: Restoration/benchmark site name Type: Forest type - actively restored (Active), naturally regenerating (Passive) and benchmark Long: Longitude Lat: Latitude Year_restored: Year of planting Site_code: Restoration/benchmark site code Plot_code: Plot code Can_vis: Canopy cover - visual estimate (%) Can_den: Canopy cover - densiometer estimate (%) Plant_den: Estimated no. of saplings planted per hectare Plant_div: Estimated no. of species planted per hectare Chave_E: Coefficient from Chave et al. (2014) used for estimating tree heights for missing observations dist_PA: Distance to contiguous forest (m) Description Rest_area: Area restored (ha) Area: Size of remnant (sq.m)