Data from "Bias in the detection of negative density dependence in plant communities"

Abstract

Data on paired seed traps from Barro Colorado Island in Panama. 200 paired traps were installed 2 m distance in March 2011 and censused weekly through February 2013 along the trails of the 50ha plot. Each trap consisted of a square ½ m2, open-topped, 1-mm mesh bag supported 0.8 to 1 m above the ground by a polyvinyl chloride frame. Fruits and seeds were identified to species, counted and further categorized as immature, mature (endosperm filled), or damaged by animals. PART definitions: 0 reproductive buds, 1 mature fruit, 2 seeds, 3 capsules, 4 fragments, 5 immature fruit, 6 flowers (female or perfect), 7 fruit with insect emergence holes / insect damaged, 8 aborted fruit, 9 male flowers, 10 fruit eaten by animal (bird, monkey, squirrel o others), 11 category for leaves, 12 "unknown", 13 leaf pedicel, 14 fragment og branch, less than 2 cm in diameter, 15 fine litter, 16 flower pedicel, 17 fruit pedicel, 18 monkey feces.