Environmental Information Data Centre provides site descriptions and locations of directly measured trees in the Ankeniheny Zahamena forest corridor. Data include zone of interest, village name, site code, longitude, latitude, altitude, slope, local tree species name, tree code, and tree diameter class. The data were collected as part of the ESPA-funded P4GES project.
Use Cases
- Analyze tree diameter class distribution across different zones of interest and village locations.
- Model species distribution using longitude, latitude, altitude, and slope as environmental predictors.
- Map forest inventory sites by linking site code to specific geographic coordinates (longitude, latitude).
Strengths
- Data includes precise geographic coordinates (longitude, latitude) and environmental variables (altitude, slope) for each site.
- Contains both scientific site codes and local tree species names, facilitating cross-referencing.
- Dataset is managed by the Environmental Information Data Centre, an authoritative repository.
Limitations
- Sample size (number of trees or rows) is unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
- Data freshness is unclear as the collection period is not specified in the input.
- File is provided as a ZIP archive without details on internal structure or formats.
Provenance
- Source
- Environmental Information Data Centre
- Collection Method
- Direct field measurements collected as part of the P4GES project under the ESPA programme.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Ankeniheny Zahamena forest corridor, the evergreen forest of eastern Madagascar.