CTFS Data Model Documentation

Condit, Richard; Lao, Suzanne; Esufali, Shameema; Dolins, Steven

CTFS Data Model Documentation

Condit, Richard;Lao, Suzanne;Esufali, Shameema;Dolins, Steven

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5479/data.bci.20130604
https://doi.org/10.5479/data.bci.20130604

Date: 2013-06-04

Abstract:

Detailed documentation of the CTFS MySQL database for handling data from repeated measurements of forest census plots is available to the public at this SI Library web site. This supports the published article cited below, available at http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/Public/pdfs/ConditEtAl_FORECO2014.pdf. The Barro Colorado plot database is available to the public and can be downloaded in full from another Smithsonian archive (http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/data.bci.20130603). The documentation support a published article describing the database and its purpose (citation below).

Description:

CITATION TO PUBLICATION: Condit, R., Lao, S., Singh, A., Esufali, S., and Dolins, S. 2014. Data and database standards for permanent forest plots in a global network. Forest Ecology and Management 316:21–31.

File 1. A data dictionary for the CTFS Data Model if html format. All tables are listed, and for each table, all attributes are fully defined, including those serving as foreign keys (ie links between tables).

File 2. Identical data dictionary for the CTFS Data Model if pdf format. All tables are listed, and for each table, all attributes are fully defined, including those serving as foreign keys (ie links between tables).

File 3. A schematic presentation of the CTFS Data Model tables, with their relationships indicated by lines joining tables.

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