Notes from the meeting of 12 January

China plots:
70 Fagus
300 Other
20-30 nested

N. Am plots:
117 DVS w/trees
289 w/CI>5
USFS-CFI
Maps: Harcombe, Platt, Davis
Vandermast 46 plots
NatureServe, NPS
NY Heritage

Environmental and site data:
slope
aspect
elevation
latituted, longitude
DEM's (possibly not for China?)

Chinese beech species:
F. lucida: cold, eastern China
F. longipetala: southern, lower elev, wide range
F. engleriana: western, sprout repro
F. hayatae: Taiwan and SW China

Questions:
Richness, control for climate (elevation)
Species area relations
Family and genus level similarities
Structural differences - evergreen, bamboo, etc...