Central West Virginia
Basic information
Sample name: Central West Virginia

Reference: S. L. Stephenson and H. S. Adams. 1986. An ecological study of balsam fir communities in West Virginia. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 113(4):372-381 [ER 32]
Geography
Country: United States

State: West Virginia



Coordinate: 38° 53' 0" N, 79° 32' 30" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: four localities have been studied: Canaan Valley, Tucker County (39º05' N, 79º25' W); Blister Run, Randolph County (38º36' N, 79º52' W); Blister Swamp, Pocahontas County (38º41' N, 79º40' W); and near Stony River Dam, Grant County (39º08' N, 79º16' W). All four localities are within the Allegheny Mountain section of the Appalachian system (p. 372)
JA: elevation is the median for the sites

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 8.1

WMT: 18.4

CMT: -2.2

MAP: 1360.0

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 8

Site area: 0.8

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 935 individuals

Years: 1983

Size min: 2.5

Basal area: 25.4

Sampling comments: JA: eight 20 x 50 m quadrats; total basal area is based on table 1

Metadata
Sample number: 107

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

Created: 2013-02-28 11:51:30

Modified: 2014-07-16 10:37:56

Abundance distribution
17 species
2 singletons
total count 935
geometric series index: 23.2
Fisher's α: 2.951
geometric series k: 0.6957
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8054
Shannon's H: 1.9444
Good's u: 0.9979
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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