Tallo
Tallo provides a global, georeferenced database of tree allometry and crown architecture measurements for ecological analysis and forest carbon estimation.
Key Features:
- Extensive Data Collection: The database comprises 498,838 records from 61,856 globally distributed sites, including stem diameter, height, and crown radius measurements.
- Georeferenced Measurements: Records are georeferenced to enable spatially explicit analyses and integration with geospatial data.
- Taxonomic Standardization: 88% of trees are identified to species level, covering 5,163 species across 1,453 genera and 187 plant families.
- Global Coverage: The dataset spans all major forested and non-forested biomes, providing broad ecological context.
Scientific Applications:
- Forest Structure and Dynamics: Supports testing theoretical models such as metabolic scaling theory and analyses of individual-tree contributions to forest structure and dynamics.
- Carbon Stock Estimation: Enables estimation of forest carbon stocks and quantification of associated uncertainties.
- Remote Sensing Integration: Georeferenced tree measurements can be integrated with remote sensing imagery to improve forest monitoring and ecological assessments.
- Allometric Plasticity Analyses: Facilitates investigation of limits of tree allometric plasticity along environmental gradients.
- Maximum Tree Height Modeling: Supports modeling of global variations in maximum attainable tree height.
Methodology:
Data were collected and standardized to ensure consistency and reliability.
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Details
- License:
- GPL-3.0
- Cost:
- Free of charge
- Tool Type:
- web application
- Operating Systems:
- Mac, Linux, Windows
- Programming Languages:
- R
- Added:
- 9/1/2022
- Last Updated:
- 9/1/2022
Operations
Publications
Jucker T, Fischer FJ, Chave J, Coomes DA, Caspersen J, Ali A, Loubota Panzou GJ, Feldpausch TR, Falster D, Usoltsev VA, Adu‐Bredu S, Alves LF, Aminpour M, Angoboy IB, Anten NPR, Antin C, Askari Y, Muñoz R, Ayyappan N, Balvanera P, Banin L, Barbier N, Battles JJ, Beeckman H, Bocko YE, Bond‐Lamberty B, Bongers F, Bowers S, Brade T, van Breugel M, Chantrain A, Chaudhary R, Dai J, Dalponte M, Dimobe K, Domec J, Doucet J, Duursma RA, Enríquez M, van Ewijk KY, Farfán‐Rios W, Fayolle A, Forni E, Forrester DI, Gilani H, Godlee JL, Gourlet‐Fleury S, Haeni M, Hall JS, He J, Hemp A, Hernández‐Stefanoni JL, Higgins SI, Holdaway RJ, Hussain K, Hutley LB, Ichie T, Iida Y, Jiang H, Joshi PR, Kaboli H, Larsary MK, Kenzo T, Kloeppel BD, Kohyama T, Kunwar S, Kuyah S, Kvasnica J, Lin S, Lines ER, Liu H, Lorimer C, Loumeto J, Malhi Y, Marshall PL, Mattsson E, Matula R, Meave JA, Mensah S, Mi X, Momo S, Moncrieff GR, Mora F, Nissanka SP, O'Hara KL, Pearce S, Pelissier R, Peri PL, Ploton P, Poorter L, Pour MJ, Pourbabaei H, Dupuy‐Rada JM, Ribeiro SC, Ryan C, Sanaei A, Sanger J, Schlund M, Sellan G, Shenkin A, Sonké B, Sterck FJ, Svátek M, Takagi K, Trugman AT, Ullah F, Vadeboncoeur MA, Valipour A, Vanderwel MC, Vovides AG, Wang W, Wang L, Wirth C, Woods M, Xiang W, Ximenes FdA, Xu Y, Yamada T, Zavala MA. Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database. Global Change Biology. 2022;28(17):5254-5268. doi:10.1111/gcb.16302. PMID:35703577. PMCID:PMC9542605.