Data presented in this data set were collected during an intensive field campaign in Botswana between February 28 and March 18, 2000, along the Kalahari Transect as part of the SAFARI 2000 wet season field campaign. The sites visited were Pandamatenga, Maun, Okwa River Crossing, and Tshane (north to south). Individual leaf blade measurements were made on replicate samples from selected dominant and subdominant tree species using an optical lens and graticule. Leaves used in the study had recently matured new growth and were fully exposed to the sun for a significant part of the day.
The data set comprises individual leaf blade dimensions along the length and width of each leaf by tree species as well as the mean of the replicate leaf length and width samples. The data are in comma-delimited ASCII format (kt_leaf_dimensions.csv).
Cite this data set as follows:
Midgley, G. F. 2005. SAFARI 2000 Leaf Measurements of Dominant Trees, Kalahari Sites, Wet Season 2000. Data set. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov/] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/772.
Midgley, G. F., J. N. Aranibar, K. B. Mantlana, and S. Macko. 2004. Photosynthetic and gas exchange characteristics of dominant woody plants on a moisture gradient in an African savanna. Global Change Biol., 10(3): 309-317.
The data set comprises individual leaf blade dimensions along the length and width of each leaf by tree species as well as the mean of the replicate leaf length and width samples. The data are in comma-delimited ASCII format (kt_leaf_dimensions.csv). The file format is as follows:
Column Description Units/Format Site Site name where leaf was collected Text Genus_Species Scientific name of tree Text L1 - L10 Length of leaves, replicate samples 1-10 (6-10 at Maun only) centimeters Mean_Length Mean of the 5 (10) leaf length samples centimeters W1-W10 Width of leaves, replicate samples 1-10 (6-10 at Maun only) centimeters Mean_Width Mean of the 5 (10) leaf width samples centimeters
Additional information about the study sites, sampling procedures, and data quality is found in the companion file: http://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/safari2k/field_campaign/kt_leaf_meas/comp/kt_leaf_meas_readme.pdf.
2004/11/30
2004/11/30
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