Forest inventory and lightning strikes data from Ankasa Conservation area, Ghana, 2018-2021

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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 Ankasa Conservation Area, collected between June 2018 and July 2021. We investigated tree mortality drive by lightning strikes in a 50-ha (1000 m x 500 m) plot area in the Ankasa Conservation Area, located in southwestern Ghana. The 50-ha was divided into 50 x 1-ha forest plots. 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). Lightning strike data was collected from a subsample of the individual trees recorded in the census data. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/615481ab-e97d-4c73-9973-4fb80e5fb003

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2025-11-13
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Adu-Bredu, S., Stivanello, S., Duah-Gyamfi, A., Addo-Danso, S., Dabo, J., Ibrahim, F., Manu, E.A., Ametsitsi, G., Streher, A.S., Feldpausch, T., Hill, T. (2024). Forest inventory and lightning strikes data from Ankasa Conservation area, Ghana, 2018-2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/615481ab-e97d-4c73-9973-4fb80e5fb003
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Latitude: 5.443° to °
Longitude: -2.731° to -2.424°
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2024-02-21 (publication)
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Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (author); University of Exeter (author, pointOfContact); (custodian, publisher, owner)
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