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- Number of plots: 1
- Traits: Wood density, SLA, and Maximum height
- Source trait data: local
- Evidences of disturbances and succession dynamics: "The plot has been struck by hurricanes in 1989 and in 1998[@Uriarte-2009]. In addition, two-third of the plot is a secondary forest on land previously used for agriculture and logging[Uriarte-2009]."
- Evidences of disturbances and succession dynamics: "The plot has been struck by hurricanes in 1989 and in 1998[@Uriarte-2009]. In addition, two-third of the plot is a secondary forest on land previously used for agriculture and logging[@Uriarte-2009]."
- Contact of person in charge of data formatting: Plot data: J. Thompson (jiom@ceh.ac.uk) and J. Zimmerman (esskz@ites.upr.edu), Traits data: N. Swenson (swensonn@msu.edu )
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- References:
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- Kooyman, R.M. and Westoby, M. (2009) Costs of height gain in rainforest saplings: main stem scaling, functional traits and strategy variation across 75 species. Annals of Botany 104: 987-993.
- Kooyman, R.M., Rossetto, M., Allen, C. and Cornwell, W. (2012) Australian tropical and sub-tropical rainforest: phylogeny, functional biogeography and environmental gradients. Biotropica 44: 668-679.
## Age distribution of some forest data analysed.
## Age distribution for Europe and North America.
![Age distribution of forest area in 20-year age class for France, Switzerland and Sweden, estimated by Vilen et al.[@Vilen-2012]. The last class plotted at 150 years is for age > 140 years (except for Sweden where the last class 110 is age > 100 years).](../../figs/age_europe.pdf)
![Age distribution of forest area in 20-year age class for North America (USA and Canada), estimated by Pan et al.[@Pan-2011]. The last class plotted at 150 years is for age > 140 years.](../../figs/age_na.pdf)
![Age distribution of forest area in 20-year age class for France, Switzerland and Sweden, estimated by Vilen et al.[@Vilen-2012]. The last class plotted at 150 years is for age > 140 years (except for Sweden where the last class 110 is age > 100 years).](../../figs/age_europe.pdf)
