Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary
Basic information
Sample name: Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary

Reference: A. Mamun, M. Akhter Hossain, M. K. Hossain, and S. Alam. 2015. Quantifying diversity and composition of tree species in secondary hill forests of Chunati Forest, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Indian Forester 141(5):566-572 [ER 2473]
Geography
Country: Bangladesh



Coordinate: 21° 56' 30" N, 92° 2' 0" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "about 70 km south from Chittagong city and 70 km west from Cox's Bazar town"
elevation range for Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary is 30 to 90 m based on Roy (2008, in Connecting Communities and Conservation: Collaborative Management of. Protected Areas in Bangladesh)

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: wildlife protected area

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 28.2

CMT: 21.9

MAP: 2250.0

Habitat comments: "The annual rainfall of the area is 2000-2500 mm... During the monsoon temperature ranges from 24ºC (average minimum) to 32.5ºC. Temperature falls during winter season and ranges from 14.2ºC to 29.5ºC"

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 37

Site area: 1.48

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 993 individuals

Years: 2012, 2013

Size min: 5

Basal area: 18.45

Sampling comments: "A total of 37 sample plots" that were "20 m x 20 m"

Metadata
Sample number: 2751

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-10-21 15:19:30

Modified: 2017-11-07 10:13:48

Abundance distribution
99 species
28 singletons
total count 993
geometric series index: 180.7
Fisher's α: 27.356
geometric series k: 0.9453
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9103
Shannon's H: 3.3532
Good's u: 0.9718
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Acacia auriculiformis248
Acacia sp. hybrid2
Albizia chinensis9
Albizia procera4
Alstonia scholaris7
Anogeissus acuminata11
Antidesma bunius1
Antidesma ghaesembilla1
Antidesma velutinum4
Aphanamixis polystachya2
Aporosa dioica3
Aporosa wallichii4
"Aporosa wallichi"
Artocarpus chama6
Artocarpus heterophyllus5
Artocarpus lacucha11
Baccaurea ramiflora1
Bischofia javanica1
Boehmeria glomerulifera1
Bombax ceiba1
Bombax insigne1
Brownlowia elata2
Callicarpa arborea7
Chaetocarpus castanocarpus1
Chukrasia tabularis16
Cinnamomum glaucescens8
Cinnamomum iners3
Citrus reticulata1
Cordia fragrantissima1
Cordia serrata4
Crataeva magna1
Cryptocarya amygdalina2
Dillenia scabrella16
Dipterocarpus alatus3
Dipterocarpus costatus6
Dipterocarpus turbinatus22
Drimycarpus racemosus2
Elaeocarpus tectorius8
Erythrina fusca2
Eucalyptus camaldulensis30
Ficus auriculata4
Ficus benghalensis1
Ficus conglobata1
Ficus geniculata1
Ficus hispida71
Ficus lamponga2
Ficus lanceolata2
Ficus racemosa3
Ficus semicordata1
Flacourtia jangomas1
Garcinia cowa3
Glochidion multiloculare2
Gmelina arborea19
Grewia nervosa24
Holarrhena pubescens22
"Holarrhena antidysenterica"
Hopea odorata6
Hydnocarpus laurifolia5
"Hydnocarpus laurifolius"
Lagerstroemia speciosa1
Lannea coromandelica6
Lithocarpus polystachya5
Litsea glutinosa3
Macaranga denticulata6
Macaranga indica1
Maesa ramentacea3
Mallotus philippensis4
Mallotus roxburghianus2
Mangifera indica11
Mitragyna parvifolia7
Myristica linifolia2
Neolamarckia cadamba5
Oroxylum indicum9
Phyllanthus emblica4
Picrasma javanica1
Pinus oocarpa2
Protium serratum5
Psidium guajava3
"Psidium guajaba"
Pterospermum acerifolium3
Pterospermum semisagittatum1
Quercus gomeziana1
Senna siamea2
Shorea robusta79
Sterculia villosa6
Stereospermum colais11
Stereospermum suaveolens3
Streblus asper1
Suregada multiflora2
Syzygium claviflorum1
Syzygium firmum1
Syzygium fruticosum15
Tectona grandis99
Terminalia arjuna1
Terminalia bellirica14
Tetrameles nudiflora1
Toona hexandra10
"Toona ciliata"
Trema orientalis9
Vitex peduncularis9
Vitex pinnata2
Xylia xylocarpa14
Zanthoxylum rhetsa1
Ziziphus mauritiana1