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Table 1 Basic information about the Barro Colorado Forest Dynamics plot (BCI) in Panama. For more information, see Condit et al. (2017b) and https://forestgeo.si.edu/sites/neotropics/barro-colorado-island

From: Spatial and temporal analysis of beta diversity in the Barro Colorado Island forest dynamics plot, Panama

• Location: Barro Colorado Island in Lake Gatun in the Panama canal, Panama

• Coordinates: 09°09′ N, 79°51′ W

• Principal investigators: Richard Condit, Stephen Hubbell and Robin Foster

• Plot size: 50 ha (1000 m × 500 m), divided in 1250 (20 m × 20 m) quadrats

• Average precipitation: 2581 mm·yr− 1

• Average temperature: 27 °C

• 120–160 m above sea level

• 8 surveys conducted in 1982+, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015

• Number of tree species in the 8 censuses combined: 325

• 207719 tree stems ≥1 cm DBH1 in the 2015 survey; 297 species

• In the 1985 census,

 ➢ Mean number of species per 20 m × 20 m quadrat: 53.5

 ➢ Range of values of number of species per 20 m × 20 m quadrat: [20, 84]

  1. 1 DBH diameter at breast height