The terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) dataset covers a transect in plot 15 at the experimental station Paracou in French Guiana.

The terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) dataset covers the Guyaflux plot 9 of the experimental station Paracou in French Guiana.

The “Herbier IRD de Guyane” (CAY) was established in 1965 by R.A.A. Oldeman and harbors nearly 200000 specimens, mostly from French Guiana and nearby countries Suriname, Guyana, Brazil (particularly the state of Amapá), and Venezuela (state of Amazonas). The dataset presented here is the fruit of 30-years’ work by CAY’s staff as well as that of numerous other botanists who have helped make CAY a key scientific platform and leading center of botanical research for the Guiana Shield.

The UMR EcoFoG possesses an herbarium reference collection based on samples harvested all along the different forest plots studied by our teams. This collection is maintained by a botanist and stored on the Agronomical Campus of Kourou, INRA building. A Excel database is linked to this collection and the taxa found in it are listed in the Guyafor database. The collection gathers more than 3000 samples representing 74 families, 288 genera and more than 800 taxa.

The terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) dataset covers Guyaflux plots 1 and 9 at the experimental station Paracou in French Guiana.

Geographical distribution of three nuclear clusters (Q1, Q2, Q3) inferred by a Bayesian clustering analysis (STRUCTURE) after evaluating genetic diversity at nine nuSSR over 217 Jacaranda copaia in five regions in the Neotropics (Western Amazonia, Southern Amazonia, Central Amazonia, Guiana Shield, Central America). For more details, see Scotti-Saintagne et al., 2013 Journal of biogeography vol 40 pp 707-719. This work was funded by the EU-funded INCO “SEEDSOURCE” project, by the EU-funded PO-FEDER “ENERGIRAVI” program and the ANR funded Programme “BRIDGE”

The site Trinité is composed of four 3km-transects (20m wide). 5365 trees with dbh>=20cm have been recorded by Office national des forêts (ONF). Fauna inventories have been made by Office national de la chasse et de la faune sauvage (ONCFS) few days after. No under-storey plots on this site. Soils have been described using 17 samples (1.20m depth max.). Laboratory analysis are available for one soil-profile.

The site Montagne Tortue is composed of one 3km-transects (20m wide). 940 trees with dbh>=20cm have been recorded by Office national des forêts (ONF). No fauna inventories. No under-storey plants inventory. Soils have been described using 7 samples (1.20m depth max.). No laboratory analysis available for soils.

The site Crique Armontabo is composed of four 3km-transects (20m wide). 5183 trees with dbh>=20cm have been recorded by Office national des forêts (ONF). Fauna inventories have been made by Office national de la chasse et de la faune sauvage (ONCFS) few days after. No under-storey plants inventory available. Soils have been described using 12 samples (1.20m depth max.). Laboratory analyses are available for one soil-profile.

This “Inventaire Papetier” was conducted by the CTFT in 1975. The block covers 59 160 ha. 67 234 trees have been inventoried in 240 plots (118 ha) Pre-census DBH is 10 cm on all plot DBH have been measured by classes with a range of 10 cm since 20 cm. Plots have been located on GIS in 2009 using original maps and field note-books (indicating slopes, rivers, etc...).