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Historical tree phenology data across contrasting sites in the Congo Basin
Koen Hufkens1, Elizabeth Kearsley2, Piet Stoffelen3
1BlueGreen Labs, Melsele, Belgium. koen.hufkens@gmail.com.
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We present a unique dataset of historical tropical tree phenology observations at two sites from different bioclimatic regions across the Congo Basin. We cover both the Atlantic Mayombe forest and the tropical forest in the central Congo Basin. To our knowledge this is the complete extant historical (1937-1957) phenology data across the Congo basin. The data contains ~10 million observations of 876 species, across 6339 individuals, and phenology metrics including leaf, flowering, and fruiting phenology. The data were recovered through expert transcription and validated community science based crowdsourcing. These data may provide a reference baseline and key information on how tree species are responding to a changing climate.
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