Table 2. Diversity and forest structure characteristics of plots in the Center of Tropical Forest Science global plot network, including the Hawaiian plots, arranged in order of descending species richness.
| CTFS plot location | Plot code | Latitude | Mean annual rain (mm) | Dry season months | Mean elevation (m) | Mean annual temp (°C) | Land type | Plot size (ha) | No. of species | No. of families | Mean species/family | Fisher's α/ha | H'/ha | Trees/ha | Basal area (m2/ha) | Dom. of most common family | Above-ground biomass (Mg/ha)7 |
| Lambir, Malaysia | LAM | 4.19 | 2664 | 0 | 170 | 26.6 | I | 52 | 1182 | 83 | 14.2 | 165 | 2.40 | 6915 | 43.5 | 41.0 | 497.2 |
| Yasuní, Ecuador | YAS | −0.69 | 3081 | 0 | 230 | 28.4 | M | 50 | 1114 | 81 | 13.8 | 187 | 2.44 | 3026 | 33.0 | 14.9 | 282.4 |
| Pasoh, Malaysia | PAS | 2.98 | 1788 | 1 | 80 | 28.0 | M | 50 | 814 | 82 | 9.93 | 124 | 2.31 | 6708 | 31.0 | 28.2 | 339.8 |
| Khao Chong, Thailand | KHA | 7.54 | 19851 | 32 | 140 | 27.3 | M | 24 | 593 | na | na | na | Na | 5063 | na | na | na |
| Korup, Cameroon | KOR | 5.07 | 5272 | 3 | 200 | 26.7 | M | 50 | 494 | 62 | 7.97 | 48.0 | 1.75 | 6580 | 32.0 | 16.1 | na |
| Ituri, Dem. Rep. of Congo3 | ITU | 1.44 | 1700 | 3–4 | 780 | 23.1 | M | 404 | 445 | na | na | na | Na | 7200 | na | na | na |
| Palanan, Philippines | PAL | 17.04 | 3379 | 4–5 | 110 | 23.5 | I | 16 | 335 | 60 | 5.58 | 43.4 | 1.92 | 4125 | 39.8 | 52.8 | 290.1 |
| Bukit Timan, Singapore | BUK | 1.25 | 2473 | 0 | 150 | 26.9 | I | 2 | 329 | 62 | 5.31 | 60.0 | 1.90 | 5950 | 34.5 | 38.4 | na |
| BCI, Panama | BCI | 9.15 | 2551 | 3 | 140 | 26.9 | M | 50 | 299 | 58 | 5.16 | 34.6 | 1.62 | 4168 | 32.1 | 11.4 | 306.5 |
| Mo Singto, Thailand | MOS | 14.43 | 2200 | 5 | 770 | 23.0 | M | 30.5 | 262 | na | na | na | Na | Na | na | na | na |
| Huai Kha Khaeng, Thailand | HKK | 15.63 | 1474 | 6 | 590 | 24.1 | M | 50 | 251 | 58 | 4.33 | 23.3 | 1.50 | 1450 | 31.2 | 21.2 | 211.2 |
| La Planada, Colombia | LPL | 1.16 | 4084 | 0 | 1840 | 19.0 | M | 25 | 240 | 54 | 4.44 | 30.6 | 1.72 | 4216 | 29.8 | 14.9 | 177.6 |
| Dinghushan, China | DIN | 23.16 | 1985 | 0 | 350 | 20.9 | M | 20 | 210 | na | na | na | Na | 3581 | na | na | na |
| Sinharaja, Sri Lanka | SIN | 6.4 | 5016 | 0 | 500 | 22.6 | I | 25 | 204 | 46 | 4.43 | 24.4 | 1.53 | 7736 | 45.6 | 26.7 | 357.9 |
| Doi Inthanon, Thailand | DOI | 18.52 | 1908 | 6 | 1700 | 21.4 | M | 15 | 192 | na | na | na | Na | 4913 | na | na | na |
| Luquillo, Puerto Rico | LUQ | 18.33 | 3548 | 0 | 380 | 22.8 | I | 16 | 138 | 47 | 2.94 | 13.5 | 1.45 | 4194 | 38.3 | 17.3 | 276.1 |
| Nanjenshan, Taiwan | NAN | 22.06 | 3582 | 0 | 320 | 23.5 | I | 3 | 125 | 41 | 3.05 | 15.6 | 1.64 | 12133 | 36.3 | 32.3 | na |
| Ilha do Cardoso, Brazil5 | ILH | −25.1 | 2100 | 0 | 5 | 22.4 | M | 10 | 106 | na | na | na | Na | Na | na | na | na |
| Mudumalai, India | MUD | 11.6 | 1250 | 6 | 1050 | 22.8 | M | 50 | 72 | 29 | 2.48 | 6.20 | 0.944 | 510 | 25.5 | 28.2 | 174.2 |
| Laupāhoehoe, USA | LAU | 19.93 | 3440 | 1 | 1150 | 16.0 | I | 4 | 21 | 15 | 1.40 | 2.58 | 1.82 | 3078 | 67.36 | 37.4 | 247.9 |
| Pālamanui, USA | PLN | 19.74 | 835 | 12 | 240 | 20.0 | I | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1.00 | 1.18 | 1.00 | 3487 | 8.6 | 74.2 | 29.4 |
Southern hemisphere latitudes are negative; land types are island (I) and mainland (M); dry season months are as those with <100 mm precipitation (Richards 1996). Data are from [104] and ctfs.si.edu unless indicated by footnotes.
Mean annual rainfall data for the nearby city of Songkhla, Thailand (www.world-climates.com)
Kira T (1998) NPP Tropical Forest: Khao Chong, Thailand, 1962–1965. Data set. Available on-line [http://www.daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Average of 4 plots (2 monodominant forest, 2 mixed forest)
Divided into four 10-ha plots
Data from Ferreira de Lima RA, Oliveira AAD, Martini AMZ, Sampaio D, Souza VC, Rodrigues RR (2011) Structure, diversity, and spatial patterns in a permanent plot of a high restinga forest in Southeastern Brazil. Acta Botanica Brasilica 25: 633–645.
Basal area including tree ferns; 36.1m2/ha without tree ferns
Chave J and 37 others (2008) Assessing evidence for a pervasive alteration in tropical tree communities. PLoS Biology 6: 455–462.