lime {GLMsData}

Small-leaved lime trees

Description

Data from small-leaved lime trees grown in Russia

Usage

data(lime)

Format

A data frame containing 385 observations with the following 4 variables.

Foliage

the foliage biomass, in kg (oven dried matter)

DBH

the tree diameter, at breast height, in cm

Age

the age of the tree, in years

Origin

the origin of the tree; one of Coppice, Natural, Planted

Details

The data give measurements from small-leaved lime trees (Tilia cordata) growing in Russia.

Source

Schepaschenko, Dmitry; Shvidenko, Anatoly; Usoltsev, Vladimir A; Lakyda, Petro; Luo, Yunjian; Vasylyshyn, Roman; Lakyda, Ivan; Myklush, Yuriy; See, Linda; McCallum, Ian; Fritz, Steffen; Kraxner, Florian; Obersteiner, Michael (2017): Biomass tree data base. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.871491, In supplement to: Schepaschenko, D et al. (2017): A dataset of forest biomass structure for Eurasia. Scientific Data, 4, 170070, doi:10.1038/sdata.2017.70. Extracted from https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.871491

References

The source (Schepaschenko et al.) obtains the data from various sources:

• Dylis N.V., Nosova L.M. (1977) Biomass of forest biogeocenoses under Moscow region. Moscow: Nauka Publishing.

• Gabdelkhakov A.K. (2015) Tilia cordata Mill. tree biomass in plantations and coppice forests. Eco-potential. No. 3 (11). p. 7–16.

• Gabdelkhakov A.K. (2005) Tilia cordata Mill. tree biomass in plantations. Ural forests and their management. Issue 26. Yekaterinburg: USFEU. p. 43–51.

• Polikarpov N.P. (1962) Scots pine young forest dynamics on clear cut. Moscow: Academy of Sci. USSR.

• Prokopovich E.V. (1995) Ecological conditions of soil forming and biological cycle of matters in spruce forests of the Middle Ural. Ph.D. Thesis. Ekaterinburg: Plant and Animals Ecology Institute.

• Remezov N.P., Bykova L.N., Smirnova K.M. (1959) Uptake and cycling of nitrogen and ash elements in forests of European part of USSR. Moscow: State University.

• Smirnov V.V. (1971) Organic mass of certain forest phytocoenoses at European part of USSR. Moscow: Nauka.

• Uvarova S.S. (2005) Biomass dynamics of Tilia cordata trees on the example of Achit forest enterprise of Sverdlovsk region. Ural forests and their management. Issue 26. Ekaterinburg: State Forest Engineering University, p. 38–40.

• Uvarova S.S. (2006) Growth and biomass of Tilia cordata forests of Sverdlovsk region Dissertation. Ekaterinburg: State Forest Engineering University. (USFEU library)

Examples

   data(lime)
   summary(lime)