Rede C2 field standards
Internal standards for plot installation, recensus, disturbance records, traits, soils, field sheets and coding decisions.
Network
Collaborative framework for permanent plots, protocols and ecological synthesis
Collaborative framework
Integrating permanent plots, field protocols and ecological synthesis across Caatinga and Cerrado.
Scientific coordination
Rede C2 articulates research groups, permanent plots and methodological references for the long-term study of vegetation dynamics in Brazil's seasonally dry ecosystems.
The network brings together field sites in Caatinga and Cerrado, combining local ecological knowledge with shared monitoring principles. Its structure supports comparable observations of plant communities, including vegetation structure, floristic composition, recruitment, mortality, regeneration and environmental context.
Scientific coordination within Rede C2 is organized around interoperability: field decisions, plot metadata, taxonomic information, functional traits and environmental layers are documented so that data produced by different teams can be interpreted jointly across regions and through time.
Integration principles
The network is structured to support both local monitoring and broader ecological synthesis. Each participating group preserves the specificity of its field site while contributing to a shared analytical framework for dry forest and savanna systems.
- Field continuity: permanent plots and repeated censuses provide the empirical basis for detecting changes in vegetation structure and composition.
- Methodological compatibility: protocol references guide plot establishment, remeasurement, stem records, regeneration modules and complementary environmental observations.
- Data harmonization: standardized tables and controlled vocabularies make it easier to combine plot metadata, species records, demographic events and environmental descriptors.
- Ecological synthesis: comparable datasets support analyses of vegetation dynamics, resilience, restoration potential and spatial turnover across Caatinga and Cerrado sites.
Methodological references
DRYFLOR field manual
Reference manual for establishing and remeasuring permanent plots in seasonally dry tropical forests, with guidance for plot layout, tagging, woody stems and long-term comparability.
ForestPlots.net
Field resources, publications and practical material supporting tropical plot monitoring and interoperability across research networks.
SECO
Protocol pages and scientific resources connected to dry-tropics monitoring, compatible modules and cross-network methodological alignment.
SEOSAW
Manuals and datasheets for woodland monitoring that can inform compatible modules, data structures and workflow design.
Monitoring workflow
01 · Plot establishment and remeasurement
Plot geometry, subplot layout, coordinates, tagging, recensus intervals and replacement rules.
02 · Woody stems census
Diameter standards, multiple stems, damage codes, recruits, mortality and field note structure.
03 · Herb layer and regeneration
Modules for herbs, seedlings and regeneration tracking compatible with dry-forest and savanna workflows.
04 · Soils, traits and disturbance
Compatible modules for soils, functional traits and disturbance records strengthen ecological interpretation across sites.