CTFS/SIGEO plot censused
July 19, 2010
Field work in this plot, associated with the CTFS/SIGEO started last year during the last two weeks of June, where more than 13,000 individuals in ten hectares were censused
Field work of the first census of the 25.6 ha plot (320 m x 800 m) located in the US Yosemite National Park, was completed on July 9. Field work in this plot, associated with the Center for Tropical Forest Science/Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatories (CTFS/SIGEO) started last year during the last two weeks of June, where more than 13,000 individuals in ten hectares were censused. The rest of plot was completed at approximately the same time this year. As of today, the CTFS/SIGEO network has 40 plots in 21 countries: 4.5 million trees of 8,500 species.
The Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot (YFDP), established in 2009, is located near Crane Flat in California. White fir (Abies concolor), sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana), and Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) dominate the landscape. The YFDP is complementary to the existing USGS/NPS Sierra Nevada Network of one-hectare plots located in Yosemite and in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The plot is located in a type of forest that may be highly affected by regional and global climate changes.
Photo: Melissa Whitman
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