CTFS Data Model Documentation

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

dc.contributor.author	Condit, Richard
dc.contributor.author	Lao, Suzanne
dc.contributor.author	Esufali, Shameema
dc.contributor.author	Dolins, Steven
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-04T14:06:52Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-04T14:06:52Z
dc.date.issued	2013-06-04
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/data.bci.20130604
dc.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.
dc.description	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).
dc.description	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).
dc.description	File 3. A schematic presentation of the CTFS Data Model tables, with their relationships indicated by lines joining tables.
dc.description.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).	en_US
dc.title	CTFS Data Model Documentation
dc.type	Other
dc.identifier.doi	10.5479/data.bci.20130604
dc.identifier.doi	10.5479/data.bci.20130604