A dataset of tree heights in mangrove and non-mangrove trees in Malaysia derived from multiple measurement methods

Ibrahim Sunkanmi Saliu; Giovanna Wolswijk; Behara Satyanarayana; Muhammad Amir Bin Fisol; Charles Decannière; Richard Lucas; Viviana Otero; Farid Dahdouh-Guebas

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.106386

A dataset of tree heights in mangrove and non-mangrove trees in Malaysia derived from multiple measurement methods

Data Brief. 2020 Oct 9:33:106386. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106386. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Systems Ecology and Resource Management Research Unit, Department of Organism Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, CPi 264/1, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
² Mangrove Research Unit (MARU), Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
³ Landscape ecology and Vegetal Production Systems Research Unit / Agroecology Lab, Inter-Faculty School of Bioengineers, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, CPi 264/1, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South, Wales (UNSW), Australia.
⁵ Earth Observation and Ecosystems Dynamics Laboratory, Aberystwyth University, Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3FL, UK.
⁶ Ecology & Biodiversity / General Botany and Nature Management Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences and Bio-engineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), VUB-APNA-WE Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.

Abstract

The dataset contains tree height data collected in 200 mangrove and non-mangrove trees sampled in various sites in Malaysia. Different height measurement methods were performed, including visual measurements (stick, thumb rule) and precision field instruments (clinometer, laser rangefinder and altimeter), which were compared against benchmark values obtained using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a Leica distometer. The core data have been analysed and interpreted in the paper by Saliu et al. ''An accuracy analysis of mangrove tree height mensuration using forestry techniques, hypsometers and UAVs '' [1], in which the accuracy of each method for tree height measurement was discussed.

Keywords: Height-diameter allometry; Hypsometer, UAV; Tree height.