Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas Sinchi
Amacayacu
Overview
The Amacayacu site is located at the Amacayacu National Natural Park, Colombian Amazonia. The site was established on Tertiary sedimentary plains (Pebas Formation), characterized by a hilly and moderated dissected topography.
As of December 2022, the state of advance in the establishment of the plot is as follows:
- Three full censuses completed (currently identifying recruits of the third census)
- Soil fertility data
- Topographic survey
- Climate data
- Drone-derived canopy orthomosaics (2013 and 2019)
- Soil moisture probes
- Primary productivity data for 16 months (litterfall traps)
- Functional traits (whole-tree, branch, leaf, stomata, fruits, wood anatomy)
- Annual mortality and damage censuses
- Wood decomposition
- Seedling plots
- Phenology
- Several other studies are in process (e.g., metabolomics)
Established:
2006
Ecological Zone:
Tropical rainforest
Number of species:
1,234Number of stems:
123,487Number of Trees:
116,686Number of plot(s):
1Size:
25.00ha
Dimensions:
500 x 500
Longitude: -70.267800000000
Number of Censuses:
2