Biological Characterization of Natural Forests, Restrepo Nucleus, Valle del Cauca.

Study Extent

Sampling

Method steps

1. Fragments of at least 10 ha were selected, with a forest cover in a good state of conservation, with large trees and no recent damage from forest fires.
2. Handheld computers equipped with GPS receivers were used to locate the plots. Measurements of normal diameter were made with a diametric tape (approximation ± 0.1 cm). The VERTEX IV digital hypsometer was used for height measurements.
3. All the information from the flora field inventories was recorded in the digital forms of the BIO-TALLY applet system, in the ESRI ArcPad mobile geographic information system platform. This applet was developed by FCG for biodiversity inventories, and runs on handheld computers. The system registers each tree as a point in a point geometry file (shapefile), with the attributes DBH, height, crown diameter, local name, botanical name, entered by the user, in addition to intrinsic attributes such as coordinates (MAGNA-SIRGAS), thus being georeferenced directly in the field and with a unique consecutive number (for each tree) assigned by the system.

1. Apiales
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2. Cyatheales
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3. Dipsacales
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4. Ericales
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5. Fabales
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6. Gentianales
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7. Huerteales
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8. Lamiales
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9. Laurales
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10. Magnoliales
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11. Malpighiales
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12. Myrtales
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13. Rosales
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14. Sapindales
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