Southern Talus
Basic information
Sample name: Southern Talus

Sample aka: Wachusett Mountain

Reference: D. A. Orwig, C. V. Cogbill, D. R. Foster, and J. F. O'Keefe. 2001. Variations in old-growth structure and definitions: forest dynamics on Wachusett Mountain, Massachusetts. Ecological Applications 11(2):437-452 [ER 64]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Massachusetts


County: Worcester


Coordinate: 42° 29' N, 71° 53' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "in the towns of Princeton and Westminster... Extending from 320 to 611 m above sea level"

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: selective logging

WMT: 21.0

CMT: -4.4

MAP: 1120.0

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 5

Site area: 0.2

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 117 individuals

Size min: 8

Basal area: 27.3

Sampling comments: JA: five 20 x 20 m plots; abundances are given as percentages of a total that is per-ha

Metadata
Sample number: 171

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

Created: 2013-03-18 10:25:31

Modified: 2016-06-04 01:46:06

Abundance distribution
12 species
4 singletons
total count 117
geometric series index: 21.4
Fisher's α: 3.351
geometric series k: 0.7238
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8016
Shannon's H: 1.8833
Good's u: 0.9660
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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