Khasi
Basic information
Sample name: Khasi
Reference: A. K. Tripathi and U. Shankar. 2014. Patterns of species dominance, diversity and dispersion in 'Khashi hill sal' forest ecosystem in northeast India. Forest Ecosystems 1(23):1-20 [ER 2480]
Geography
Country: India
State: Meghalaya
Coordinate: 25° 54' N, 91° 53' E
Coordinate basis: based on political unit
Geography comments: "The vegetation was sampled in 5.2 ha area of 11 transects in Ri-Bhoi District in Meghalaya... Our study has plots in the upper limits of 'Khasi hill sal' forest, between 500 and 900 m" (altitude figure is based on Table 1)
coordinate based on Ri-Bhoi district
coordinate based on Ri-Bhoi district
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 21.8
WMT: 25.9
CMT: 15.1
MAP: 3200.0
Habitat comments: "The average annual temperature is 21.8°C and rainfall is 3200 mm at Nongpoh
(572 m) close to the study sites"
(572 m) close to the study sites"
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 11
Site area: 5.2
Sampling methods: line transect
Sample size: 3989 individuals
Size min: 10
Basal area: 15.65
Sampling comments: "Each transect had a width of 10 m and a length up to 500 m depending on the accessibility of the sampling site"
Metadata
Sample number: 2762
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-11-02 10:54:28
Modified: 2017-11-01 23:54:28
Abundance distribution
123 species
23 singletons
total count 3989
geometric series index: 194.2
Fisher's α: 24.034
geometric series k: 0.9448
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8900
Shannon's H: 3.0835
Good's u: 0.9942
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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