Adirondack Park (maturing forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Adirondack Park (maturing forest)
Reference: G. G. McGee, D. J. Leopold, and R. D. Nyland. 1999. Structural characteristics of old-growth, maturing, and partially cut northern hardwood forests. Ecological Applications 9(4):1316-1329 [ER 58]
Geography
Country: United States
State: New York
Coordinate: 44° 8' 30" N, 73° 59' 30" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: coordinate is the midpoint of four stated values
elevation 490 to 770 m
elevation 490 to 770 m
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 18.0
CMT: -10.0
MAP: 1000.0
Habitat comments: "northern hardwood... 90-100-yr-old, even-aged stands" that were initiated following fires
climate data are for the Huntington Wildlife Forest at 44º 00‘ N, 74º 13’ W and are from McNulty (2006, Bull Ecol Soc Am)
climate data are for the Huntington Wildlife Forest at 44º 00‘ N, 74º 13’ W and are from McNulty (2006, Bull Ecol Soc Am)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 4
Site area: 0.8
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 406 individuals
Size min: 10
Basal area: 29.1
Sampling comments: "Two 0.1-ha (50 X 20 m) permanent plots were randomly established at each site"
Metadata
Sample number: 153
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-03-08 09:03:22
Modified: 2017-11-12 01:46:38
Abundance distribution
9 species
2 singletons
total count 406
geometric series index: 13.2
Fisher's α: 1.630
geometric series k: 0.5170
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6677
Shannon's H: 1.3401
Good's u: 0.9951
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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