treevolruca {datana}

Contains tree-level variables of several species from the Rucamanque experimental forest, near Temuco, Chile.

Description

These are tree-level measurement data of sample trees in the Rucamanque experimental forest, near Temuco, in the Araucania region in south-centralChile, measured in 1999. The following species are part of the data: laurel (laurelia sempervirens), lingue (Persea lingue), olivillo (Aextocicon puncatum), roble (Nothofagus obliqua), tepa (Laureliosis philippiana), y tineo (Weinmannia trichosperma).

Usage

data(treevolruca)

Format

Contains tree-level variables, as follows:

tree.no

Tree id.

spp

Species.

dbh

Diameter at breast height, in cm.

htot

Total height, in m.

d6

Upper-stem diameter at 6 m, in cm.

vtot

Tree gross volume, in m^{3} with bark.

Source

The data were provided courtesy of Dr Christian Salas-Eljatib (Chile).

References

- Salas C. 2002. Ajuste y validación de ecuaciones de volumen para un relicto del bosque de Roble-Laurel-Lingue. Bosque 23(2): 81-92. doi:10.4067/S0717-92002002000200009

Examples

data(treevolruca)    
head(treevolruca)