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    • Forest Structure and Biomass Data, La Selva, Costa Rica: 2006

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

    This data set provides field measurements of diameter, tree height, and crown dimensions for 1,513 trees in 30 plots at the La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica. Fourteen of these plots were in undisturbed primary forest, six were in primary forest which had been selectively logged, seven were secondary forests, and three were abandoned pastures reverting to forest. The diameter and height data were used to calculate aboveground biomass for each of the 30 plots. The crown measurements were used to estimate a vertical profile for each plot, showing the vegetation volume in 1 meter increments from the ground to the top of the canopy.There are three comma-delimited data files and two shapefiles with this data set. The files contain the measurements and calculated biomass for the individual stems as well as the summary data at the plot level.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1215
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-11
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=LaSelva_Biomass_1215&ac=true
    Old Spatial {"WestBoundingCoordinate":-84.0212,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":10.4219,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-84.0212,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":10.4219},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash a76b46b71652ff34da6abdfa01142a907c57dd76bf9a00ae54a6d7cd262d00a9
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2006-02-11/2006-02-11

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