Data for allometric models to estimate tree height in northern Amazonian ecotone forests
Description
This dataset provides information on total height (H) and stem diameter (D) of 65 tropical trees observed on the eastern of Maracá Island, a fluvial island integrated to the Maracá Ecological Station, state of Roraima, northern Brazilian Amazonia. The dataset was used to provide an allometric model representing the D:H relationship in an ecotone zone dominated by mosaics of ombrophilous and seasonal forests. In this way, linear and nonlinear regressions were tested to represent the better D:H relation. The best fitted model was Michaelis-Menten (see Barbosa et al. 2019 Allometric models to estimate tree height in northern Amazonian ecotone forests. Acta Amazonica, 49: 81-90; http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201801642). The dataset was supported by project “Crescimento e mortalidade de árvores em florestas ecotonais de Roraima: efeito das condicionantes ambientais e da variabilidade climática” (Proc. CNPq n. 403591/2016-3). The Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq - Brazil) also provided fellowships for R.I. Barbosa (CNPq 304204/2015-3) and P.M. Fearnside (CNPq 304020/2010-9). C.D.A. Villacorta and P.N. Ramirez-Narvaez were supported by postgraduate fellowships from the Organization of American States (OAS). L.C.S. Carvalho was supported by a fellowship from Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES/PNPD). Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) provided authorization for the study (SISBIO n. 52017).