Tinte Bepo (Disturbed Forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Tinte Bepo (Disturbed Forest)
Reference: P. Addo-Fordjour, S. Obeng, M. G. Addo, and S. Akyeampong. 2009. Effects of human disturbances and plant invasion on liana community structure and relationship with trees in the Tinte Bepo forest reserve, Ghana. Forest Ecology and Management 258:728-734 [ER 102]
Geography
Country: Ghana
Coordinate: 7° 4' N, 2° 6' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: "Ahafo-Ano South District, Ashanti Region... atitude 6º33' N–7º13' N and longitude 1º55' W–2º06' W" but "7º04'N, 2º06'W" and "at approximately 300 m a.s.l." according to Baker et al. (2002, Forest Ecology and Management)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 25.2
MAP: 1350.0
Habitat comments: "semi-deciduous forest" and the plot is "secondary forest which has only experienced human disturbances" and not invasion by plants
climate data are for the Ahafo-Ano South District and are from Annan-Afful et al. (2004, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition)
climate data are for the Ahafo-Ano South District and are from Annan-Afful et al. (2004, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 2
Site area: 0.5
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 36 individuals
Years: 2008
Days: 120
Size min: 10
Basal area: 54.2
Sampling comments: two 50 x 50 m plots
Metadata
Sample number: 246
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-04-05 13:40:28
Modified: 2017-11-10 23:18:11
Abundance distribution
16 species
7 singletons
total count 36
geometric series index: 46.8
Fisher's α: 11.037
geometric series k: 0.8637
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8873
Shannon's H: 2.5045
Good's u: 0.8132
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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