Bottom Gorge Creek
Basic information
Sample name: Bottom Gorge Creek
Reference: J. S. Rentch, H. S. Adams, R. B. Coxe, and S. L. Stephenson. 2000. An ecological study of a Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana) community in southwestern Virginian. Castanea 65(1):1-8 [ER 2110]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Virginia
County: Montgomery
Coordinate: 37° 8' N, -80° 16' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "near a point where Montgomery, Floyd, and Roanoke counties meet... part of a 700 ha reserve owned by the Virginia Nature Conservancy" (apparently near Alleghany Springs, basis of coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 11.0
WMT: 22.0
CMT: -1.0
MAP: 1020.0
Habitat comments: "Appalachian Oak Forest"
climate data are for Blacksburg and are from Rhoades and Stipes (1999, Journal of Arboriculture)
climate data are for Blacksburg and are from Rhoades and Stipes (1999, Journal of Arboriculture)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 1
Site length: 50.0
Site width: 20.0
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 107 individuals
Years: 1997
Seasons: summer
Net or trap nights: 0
Size min: 2.5
Basal area status: per ha is
Basal area: 38.2
Sampling comments: sampling was "in July 1997"
Metadata
Sample no: 2060
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-06-13 13:24:20
Modified: 2016-06-13 03:24:20
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
0 singleton
total count 74
geometric series index: 12.2
Fisher's α: 2.685
geometric series k: 0.6992
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7234
Shannon's H: 1.6886
Good's u: 1
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