mtfyffe.RdForest data from five permanent plots from the east coast of South Island (New Zealand). The data comprises i) site information from each plot; ii) cover scores of taxa within height strata; iii) dbh measurement of individual trees within subplots that fully partition the permanent plot; iv) counts of saplings within subplots that fully partition the permanent plot; and v) counts of seedlings within height strata within subplots that sample the permanent plot. Two full measurements of the permanent plots are provided. The data set includes six data frames:
mtfyffe_loc Location of vegetation plots (10 records x 25 variables)
mtfyffe_site Site characteristics of plots/subplots (325 records x 29 variables)
mtfyffe_counts Observations of counts of taxon categories, grouped by vegetation strata (543 records x 30 variables)
mtfyffe_dia Observations made on individual trees (880 records x 31 variables)
mtfyffe_disturbance Observations of disturbance events on plots (9 records x 10 variables)
mtfyffe_groundcover Observations of ground cover on plots (50 records x 12 variables)
mtfyffe_lookup Lookup table to translate species names
Wiser, S.K., P.J. Bellingham and L.E. Burrows. 2001. Managing biodiversity information: development of the National Vegetation Survey Databank. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 25(2): 1-17.