Biodiversity & Ecology

Journal of the Division Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology of Plants , Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg.

Short Database Report Open Access

Jasper Ridge Woody Plant Community Database

William K. Cornwell* & David Ackerly

Article first published online: 24 September 2012

DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00220

*Corresponding author contact: wcornwell@gmail.com

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edited by Jürgen Dengler, Jens Oldeland, Florian Jansen, Milan Chytrý, Jörg Ewald, Manfred Finckh, Falko Glöckler, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Robert K. Peet & Joop H.J. Schaminée

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Keywords: California; chapparal; trait; woody plant.

English

Abstract: We sampled environmental variables and woody plant communities in 44 20x20-meter plots across the varied topography of a coastal California landscape. We characterized abundance of woody species in terms of cover, number of individuals, and diameter at breast height for large trees. We also measured 14 leaf, stem, and root traits for 54 woody plant species, including detailed intraspecific data for two traits with the goal of understanding the connection between traits and assembly processes in a variety of environmental conditions. Vegetation types in this dataset range from riparian forest to oak woodland to chaparral, with a dramatic gradient in the stature of the canopy. This report describes the available content in the Jasper Ridge Woody Plant Community Database (GIVD ID NA-US-003).

Suggested citation:
Cornwell, W.K., Ackerly, D. (2012): Jasper Ridge Woody Plant Community Database. – In: Dengler, J., Oldeland, J., Jansen, F., Chytrý, M., Ewald, J., Finckh, M., Glöckler, F., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Peet, R.K., Schaminée, J.H.J. [Eds.]: Vegetation databases for the 21st century. – Biodiversity & Ecology 4: 433–433. DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00220.