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Forest inventory and lightning strikes data from the Ngel Nyaki forest, Nigeria, 2018-2021
This dataset contains includes measurements of trees and lianas stem diameters and status (e.g. alive, dead), and lightning strike data for forest areas within the Ngel Nyaki Forest, collected between June 2018 and July 2021. We investigated tree mortality driven by lightning strikes in a 40-ha area at the Ngel Nyaki Forest Dynamic Plot, located in south-eastern Nigeria. Ngel Nyaki is a submontane forest with an elevation range of 1,588–1,690m and is part of the Smithsonian's Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) network. In every census, we measured and tagged all trees and lianas that have a stem diameter at 1.3 m (or above buttresses) of ≥25 cm and notes were taken about the tree's living status (e.g., broken, hollow) or the trees death mode (e.g., uprooted, standing). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5237ab05-04bd-44b6-9c53-d21eb2083e39
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- Date (Publication)
- 2024-02-21
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- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/5237ab05-04bd-44b6-9c53-d21eb2083e39
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- doi: / 10.5285/5237ab05-04bd-44b6-9c53-d21eb2083e39
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Stivanello, S., Emmanuel, E., Abubakar, U., Chapman, H., Zubairu, M., Streher, A.S., Feldpausch, T., Hill, T. (2024). Forest inventory and lightning strikes data from the Ngel Nyaki forest, Nigeria, 2018-2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/5237ab05-04bd-44b6-9c53-d21eb2083e39
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Exeter
Stivanello, S.
Author Nigerian Montane Forest Project
Emmanuel, E.
Author Nigerian Montane Forest Project
Abubakar, U.
Author University of Canterbury
Chapman, H. Author Nigerian Montane Forest Project
Zubairu, M.
Author University of Exeter
Streher, A.S.
Author University of Exeter
Feldpausch, T. Author University of Exeter
Hill, T. Author University of Exeter
Hill, T.
Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher University of Exeter EMAIL NOT PROVIDED
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Stivanello, S., Emmanuel, E., Abubakar, U., Chapman, H., Zubairu, M., Streher, A.S., Feldpausch, T., Hill, T. (2024). Forest inventory and lightning strikes data from the Ngel Nyaki forest, Nigeria, 2018-2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/5237ab05-04bd-44b6-9c53-d21eb2083e39
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- 1000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- English
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- Biota
- Environment
- Begin date
- 2018-06-01
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- 2021-07-31
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- WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/5237ab05-04bd-44b6-9c53-d21eb2083e39 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/5237ab05-04bd-44b6-9c53-d21eb2083e39.zip Supporting information
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- 2010-12-08
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For each tree measured in the forest inventory we installed a custom-made Rogowski Coil sensor, that was designed and tested by the Cardiff Morgan Botti lightning laboratory, to record if a tree was struck by lightning, without damaging the tree or altering the tree's electrical resistance. The Rogowski Coil is a non-contact sensor commonly used to measure alternating and impulse current flowing through the axis of the coil (in our case, down the tree). A quick visual check of the fuse allows us to see if the tree was struck by lightning. In addition to tree stem measurements, in each census, we also took notes on the general state of the coil and fuse, and the electrical conductivity was measured. Trees struck by lightning (e.g. with the fuse blown or melted) were identified at the species level and any lightning-associated damage to the tree (e.g. marks in trunks, broke branches, canopy dieback) and in the surroundings (e.g. canopy gaps, sapling mortality) was documented.
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- 5237ab05-04bd-44b6-9c53-d21eb2083e39 XML
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- English
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- 2025-03-21T13:20:35
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- UK GEMINI
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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