Deadwood stocks, dynamics and decay in the SAFE landscape

Two intensive deadwood surveys were carried out in 68 permanent SAFE Vegetation Plots (plot size 25 m x 25 m). First survey was in 2017-2018 and the second in 2019. Mode of death, decay stage, bark cover and hollowness were also recorded. All deadwood pieces of diameter >10 cm were tagged, measured, photographed and mapped. Diameter of the fallen deadwood was measured at both ends, diameter of the standing deadwood was measured at 1.3 m height or at the nearest point possible (measurement height recorded). Lenght of the deadwood was either measured (fallen deadwood pieces and shorter standing deadwood pieces) or visually estimated (tall standing deadwood pieces).

Authors

• Ewers, Robert M — Imperial College London
• Folkard-Tapp, Hollie — Imperial College London
• Riutta, Terhi — University of Oxford, Imperial College London
• Nahun, Elelia — SERRP

Keywords

• Deadwood
• Coarse woody debris
• Decay
• Decay class
• Necromass
• Forest dynamics
• Tree census
• Carbon stock

Funders

• NERC (NE/P002218/1)
• Sime Darby Foundation (SAFE Core data)

Permits

• Research — Sabah Biodiversity Council (JKM/MBS.1000-2/2 JLD.10 (104))

Worksheets

Files

• SAFE_DeadwoodSurvey_SAFEdatabase_2021-06-04.xlsx

Taxa

0 GBIF taxa, 0 sequence-derived taxa.