FERP Data and Resources

Resources and data available for use, with appropriate acknowledgement.  Please let Director Gregory Gilbert (ggilbert@ucsc.edu) know if you download data, and what you plan to do with it.

FERP 16ha Trail Map

Trail map of the 16-ha UCSC Forest Ecology Research Plot (.png)

v. June 2015

FERP Herp Trap Trail Map  Trail map that shows the locations of all the litter trap and herp boards on the ferp.  Feb 2017
Data from first three censuses

The full set of data from the three censuses is available on Dryad as a .csv flat file (https:// doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6q573n64s). Additionally, the data are available on the ForestGEO web site at https://forestgeo.si.edu/explore-data/uc-santa-cruz-termsconditionsrequest-forms.

FERP2007data.csv2007 Census data, original 6-ha plot (0-200m E and 0-300m N.  (comma delimited .csv)
All woody stems (dbh≥1cm), including 8,130 individuals and 31 species. Columns are: tag, species code, date of tagging, dbh in mm, m east in plot, m north in plot, number of stems, status, basal area (including multiple stems), distance to closest 20-m post, nearest 20-m post east, nearest 20-m post north, UTM East, UTM North.
Data are also curated by the Center for Tropical Forest Science on the CTFS server.