Habitats inventories have been installed over the years in French Guiana using a standardized multi-scale protocol. In each site, we established two to four transects, about 2.5 to 3-km long in different directions to optimally sample the local environmental variability. Each 20-m width transect was divided into 100 m segments so that the basic sampling units are 0.2-ha plots. All the plots were geo-referenced using a Garmin 76CSx GPS receiver and delineated in the field using a Vertex laser clinometer. In each plot, all trees (including palm-trees) greater than 20 cm diameter at breast height (DBH) or above the buttresses were identified by local forest-plotters from ONF. They referred to a vernacular nomenclature whose names correspond either to a botanical species, genus or family. Tested against true botanical data on 4279 trees (Guitet et al., 2014), this nomenclature proved 83% effective accuracy at the family level and 74% at the level of the most precise botanical equivalent of our vernacular names (i.e. the species, genus or family level depending on the precision reached by forest-plotters). Soil samples were also collected in 490 selected plots representative of the different topographical positions along each transect. Chemical and textural analyses are available. Plants of the under-storey have been collected by IRD in several 5m x 5m sub-plots on different sites : Kourouaï, Piton Baron, Aïmara, Saut Parasol, Mont Itoupé, Waki, Toponowini, Bagote, Haute Beiman, Roche Koutou, Regina. Standardized line transects surveys were conducted by ONCFS in 25 sites on the same transects in order to record large mammals and terrestrial birds. Transects were walked at less than 1 kmh-1 speed every morning (7:00-11:00) and afternoon (14:30-18:00) by only one observer by trail, systematically alternating transects on consecutive days to avoid observer bias. All encounters of focus species and their localization on the trail were systematically recorded and the perpendicular distance between animal and transect was measured with a laser ranger finder to the nearest meter.

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The site Pic du Grand Croissant is composed of 4 3km-transects (20m wide). 3986 trees with dbh>=20cm have been recorded by Office national des forêts (ONF). Fauna have been inventoried few days after (ONCFS). No under-storey survey on this site. Soils have been described using 12 samples (1.20m depth max.). Laboratory analysis are available for one soil profiles.

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Guyafor is a network of permanent forest plots installed in French Guiana. The site of Montagne Plomb covers a 6ha area, managed by CIRAD. 3249 trees are being followed. Three campaignes of inventories have been made in 2005, 2008 and 2010.

The aerial laser scanning (ALS) dataset, acquired on 1 october 2005, covers five plots of the Montagne des Chevaux and the Montagnes des Serpents areas in French Guiana. Each subsite is covered by one data file. The Z2 data area covers a spirotropis forest type area, the Z3 data area covers a riparian vegetation with Avicenia, and the Z4 data area covers a swamp forest.

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Guyadiv is a network of permanent forest plots installed in French Guiana. The site of Petite Montagne Tortues is composed of 7 plots : 5 30x40m-plots and 2 20x20m-plots. A complete inventory has been made in 2005 : 483 trees with dbh>=10cm have been registrated. Respectively to each plot, 67, 70, 79, 49, 22, 57 and 80 species have been identified. The percents of trees identified to the species level are 95,7%, 79,5%, 95,2%, 92,5% 62,9%, 91,9% and 87%. We only have the point coordinates and not the precise demarcation of the sample plots. In order to calculate the bounding box for these plots, we have expanded the point location 500 meters in each direction.

Guyadiv is a network of permanent forest plots installed in French Guiana. The Guyadiv plan in Crique Plomb and Montagne Plomb sites implements several types of plots and sampling methods: A first group of plots belongs to the Paget's plan, initiated in 1998. These 30x40m-plots are used for floristic and structural inventories.Then, 8 1ha-plots are used for floristic inventories concerning trees with DBH>10cm, since 2002 (campaigns in 2002, 2004 and 2005). These plots are located on greatly contrasted forest facies (high-density forest on thinned soils, forest on dismantled ferricrust, forest on deap DVL soils). The third type of sampling method is a "cluster points" (points-grappe) plan for floristic linear inventories. 18 points have been carried out, that is to say almost 8500m or 10ha of statements (ca. 5500 trees). We only have the point coordinates and not the precise demarcation of the sample plots. In order to calculate the bounding box for these plots, we have expanded the point location 600 meters in each direction.

Guyafor is a network of permanent forest plots installed in French Guiana. The site of Montagne Tortue covers a 19,2ha area. It is composed of 3 plots managed by ONF. 9210 trees are being followed. 5 campaignes of inventories have been made in 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010.