William J. McShea

TL;DR: Data is presented from the first five years of the establishment of the 25.6-ha Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) Large Forest Dynamics Plot, comprising the initial woody stem census, woody seedling plot surveys, seed rain, and dendrochronological data.

TL;DR: Although molecular-based population estimation is more rigorous than the bite-size method, too much uncertainty exists in the revised estimates to surmise either current population size or trend.

TL;DR: The Camera Trap Metadata Standard is presented as an open data standard for storing and sharing camera trap data, developed by experts from a variety of organizations to help researchers standardize data terms, align past data to new repositories, and provide a framework for utilizing data across repositories and research projects to advance animal ecology and conservation.

TL;DR: Stand-level, time-averaged scaling relationships are underlain by a diversity of species-level scaling relationships that can vary substantially with fluctuating environmental conditions, and it will be critical to develop a more nuanced understanding of both the forces that constrain stand- level scaling and the complexity of scaling variation across species and environmental conditions.