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Data for "Soil and Biomass Carbon Storage is Much Higher in Central American than Andean Montane Forests"

Dataset

Description

Supplementary data and code associated with the Biogeosciences paper published by Cecilia Prada et al. "Soil and Biomass Carbon Storage is Much Higher in Central American than Andean Montane Forests". There are 16 files associated with this paper
(1) AGB.csv providing the site, plot, treeID, mnemn, family, agb, and AGcarbon for each tree in the dataset. Column headings are described in the file AGB_metadata.csv
(2) AGB_metadata.csv Metadata (column descriptions) for AGB.csv
(3) CWD_D.csv Complete information on the downed coarse woody debris (CWD) measured in each plot
(4) CWD_D_metadata.csv Metadata (column descriptions) for CWD_D.csv
(5) CWD_S.csv Complete information on the standing coarse woody debris measured in each plot
(6) CWD_S_metadata.csv Metadata (column descriptions) for CWD_S.csv
(7) SoilC.csv Estimated soil carbon storage (Mg C) at each sampling location in each plot
(8) SoilC_metadata.csv Metadata (column descriptions) for SoilC.csv
(9) Table.csv Data source, soil carbon value (Mg C) and elevation from published data sources
(10) Table_metadata.csv Metadata (column descriptions) for Table.csv
(11) TableS1.csv Data source, above ground carbon value (Mg C) and elevation from published data sources
(12) TableS1_metadata.csv Metadata (column descriptions) for TableS1.csv
(13) RScript.R Annotated code for data analysis and figures
(14)Full_dataset.csv Full set of environmental data and carbon data by plot
(15) Full_dataset_metadata.csv Metadata (column descriptions) for Full_dataset.csv
(16) Species list and species codes.csv Full family, genus and species names for the species codes (column mnemn in AGB.csv)
Date made availableJul 23 2025
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Keywords

  • carbon storage
  • tropical forest

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