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Diameter growth of trees in miombo and acacia woodland in an eroded landscape in NE Tanzania

SND-ID: 2021-77

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Ingvar Backéus - Uppsala University, Plant Ecology and Evolution, Department of Ecology and Genetics

Jerry Skoglund - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology orcid

Christina Skarpe - Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Applied Ecology and Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology

Håkan Hytteborn - Uppsala University, Plant Ecology and Evolution, Department of Ecology and Genetics

Description

Diameter growth of 15 tree species in miombo and acacia woodland was monitored. All in all 239 individuals with a diameter >3 cm were measured intermittently from 1991 to 2010, in permanent plots. Growth rate per species was calculated. The study was performed in Kondoa Irangi Hills (KIH), Tanzania, in an area subjected to severe erosion, with the aim to study growth characteristics, and to recommend restoration measures in the absence of fire and grazing.

Language

English

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Principal's reference number

SLU.ekol.2021.4.4.IÄ-1

Responsible department/unit

Department of Ecology

Funding 1

  • Project name on the application: Återinventering av permanenta provytor i Kondoa, Tanzania

Funding 2

  • Funding agency: Swedish International Development Agency
  • Project name on the application: Man-Land Interrelations in Semi-Arid Tanzania

Funding 3

  • Project name on the application: Återinventering av permanenta provytor i Kondoa, Tanzania
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Time period(s) investigated

1991-04 – 2010-04

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Tanzania, Africa

Geographic description: Tanzania, Kondoa

Topic and keywords

Research area

Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Botany, Ecology (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Biota, Environment (INSPIRE topic categories)

Keywords

habitats and biotopes, land use, diameter growth, acacia, tanzania, miombo

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Dataset
Raw data diameter growth of trees in miombo and acacia woodland, KIH, 1991–2010, Tanzania

Description

The dataset displays diameter measurements collected in the field 1991 to 2010. Diameter was measured with a tree caliper in fifteen species, in total 239 inividuals. The datafile has 17 sheets, one per species (one species has two extra sheets). Column 1: species namn in latin, Column 2: individual tree nummer, Column 3: measurement year, Column 4: diameter in cm.

Version 1

Citation

Jerry Skoglund, Ingvar Backéus, Christina Skarpe, Håkan Hytteborn. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2021). Raw data diameter growth of trees in miombo and acacia woodland, KIH, 1991–2010, Tanzania . Swedish National Data Service. Version 1. https://doi.org/10.5878/5s6y-wv36

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Jerry Skoglund - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology orcid

Ingvar Backéus - Uppsala University, Plant Ecology and Evolution, Department of Ecology and Genetics

Christina Skarpe - Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Applied Ecology and Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology

Håkan Hytteborn - Uppsala University, Plant Ecology and Evolution, Department of Ecology and Genetics

Time period(s) investigated

1991-04 – 2010-04

Data collection

  • Description of the mode of collection: Measuring diameters with a caliper in the field
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1991-04–2010-04
  • Instrument: caliper
  • Spatial resolution: 10 kilometres

Variables

4

Published: 2021-03-23