Allometry and growth of eight tree taxa in United Kingdom woodlands

TL;DR

This study provides comprehensive allometric and growth data for eight UK tree species, collected over 22 years, enabling future research on tree development and environmental interactions.

Contribution

It offers a detailed dataset of longitudinal measurements for eight tree taxa, including raw and summary data, facilitating studies on tree growth and allometry in UK woodlands.

Findings

Large sample size with 582 trees analyzed.

Longitudinal data spanning 22 years.

Allometric relationships with environmental factors.

Abstract

Allometry and growth rates of 8 forest species in the UK. The data were collected from two United Kingdom woodlands - Wytham Woods and Alice Holt. Here we present data from 582 individual trees of eight taxa in the form of summary variables. In addition the raw data files containing the variables from which the summary data were obtained. Large sample sizes with longitudinal data spanning 22 years make these datasets useful for future studies concerned with the way trees change in size and shape over their life-span. The allometric relationships include (1) trunk diameter, (2) height, (3) crown height, (4) crown radius and (5) trunk radial growth rate to (A) the light environment of each tree and (B) diameter at breast height.