The Amazon Tree Diversity Network is an electronic network of 200 botanists, ecologists and taxonomists that share data and information on tree diversity in the pan-Amazon (Amazonia s.s. and the Guyana Shield). Our drive is to gain a better understanding of the processes that drive (patterns of) alfa- and beta-diversity in the region and, through this knowledge, contribute to better conservation strategies for the region. Currently we work with data from botanical 1-ha plots (and sometimes different sizes), forest inventories, and herbarium collections.
ATDN rules
Basic principle: data will be treated confidentially:
- Each researcher who contributes data is ATDN member
- Data is first and primarily for the use of ATDN members
- Each ATDN member, who contributed data to the database, will be contacted prior to analysis, will be able read the manuscript before submission and will given opportunity to be co-author on all papers for which his/her data is being used
- Your data will not be forwarded to anyone else without prior consent
- We will not publish raw plot data in online supplementary material
- In general plot data will not be visible separately, as all analyses are rather large-scale
- Members have the right to propose manuscripts, request data and lead-author research and papers
