Table 1.

Environmental and sampling data for the 10 plots in Peru (Malhi et al. 2016 and unpublished data) and the four plots in Brazil (Marimon et al. 2014 and unpublished data)

Country	Site code	Vegetation type	Latitude	Longitude	Elevationa (m)	Mean annual air temp (°C)	Precipitation (mm·year−1)	Soil type (WSRD)	Number of species (sampled / total)	Number of trees (sampled / total)
Peru	TAM‐06	Lowland forest	−12.8385	−69.2960	215	24.4	1900	Alisol	17 / 175	47 / 646
	TAM‐05	Lowland forest	−12.8309	−69.2705	223	24.4	1900	Cambisol	25 / 157	71 / 530
	PAN‐02	Submontane forest	−12.6495	−71.2626	595	23.5b	2366b	Plinthosol	14 / 159	39 / 582
	PAN‐03	Submontane forest	−12.6383	−71.2744	859	21.9b	2835b	Alisol	15 / 153	33 / 682
	SPD‐02	Lower cloud forest	−13.0491	−71.5365	1494	18.8	5302	Cambisol	26 / 143	75 / 794
	SPD‐01	Lower cloud forest	−13.0475	−71.5423	1713	17.4	5302	Cambisol	29 / 153	73 / 1127
	TRU‐04	Upper cloud forest	−13.1055	−71.5893	2719	13.5	2318	Umbrisol	17 / 52	76 / 940
	ESP‐01	Upper cloud forest	−13.1751	−71.5948	2868	13.1	1560	Umbrisol	13 / 53	61 / 842
	WAY‐01	Upper cloud forest	−13.1908	−71.5874	3045	11.8	1560	Umbrisol	11 / 51	42 / 1165
	ACJ‐01	Tree line forest	−13.1469	−71.6323	3537	9.0	1980	Cambisol	11 / 28	45 / 856
Brazil	VCR‐02	Semi‐deciduous seasonal forest	−14.830	−52.130	294	25	1400	Plinthosol	12 / 73	39 / 471
	NXV‐02	Cerradão (transitional forest)	−14.702	−52.352	314	25	1400	Ferrosol	17 / 107	49 / 1671
	NXV‐01	Cerrado sensu stricto (savanna with small trees, shrubs, and grass understory)	−14.708	−52.353	325	25	1400	Ferrosol	29 / 108	87 / 2992
	CRP‐01	Cerrado rupestre (shrub‐ and grass‐dominated savanna)	−14.713	−52.352	372	25	1400	Lithic leptosol	20 / 80	63 / 1572

^aDerived from high‐resolution airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data (see Asner et al. 2014aa for methodology).

^bDerived from observations between 6 February 2013 and 7 January 2014.