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
Coordinate: 37° 8' N, 80° 16' W
Coordinate 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
Site width: 20
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 107 individuals
Years: 1997
Seasons: summer
Size min: 2.5
Basal area: 38.2
Sampling comments: sampling was "in July 1997"
Metadata
Sample number: 2060
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-06-13 13:24:20
Modified: 2016-06-13 03:24:20
Abundance distribution
9 species
0 singletons
total count 107
extrapolated richness: 12.2
Fisher's α: 2.342
geometric series k: 0.6435
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5686
Shannon's H: 1.3454
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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