Ankarafa Forest
Basic information
Sample name: Ankarafa Forest

Sample aka: Sahamalaza-Iles Radama National Park

Reference: M. S. N. Volampeno, G. Randriatahina, and C. T. Downs. 2013. Structure and composition of Ankarafa Forest, Sahamalaza-Iles Radama National Park, Madagascar: implications for the frugivorous endemic blue-eyed black lemur (Eulemur flavifrons). South African Journal of Wildlife Research 43(2):91-102 [ER 2812]
Geography
Country: Madagascar



Coordinate: 14° 23' S, 47° 46' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: a "234.23" forest
latitude erroneously given as 14ยบ22'64.2"S
elevation 0 to 355 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 1824.0

Habitat comments: "dry, deciduous forest" that is "both protected and managed, and timber and wildlife harvesting is not permitted"

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 30

Site area: 1.2

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 848 individuals

Years: 2008

Size min: 5

Basal area: 11.73

Sampling comments: "Plots measuring 20 x 20 m were established... with 15 within 10 m of the forest edge and 15 within the forest core... spaced approximately 100 m apart"
individual BA values are given for each species; these were apparently calculated in cm2/ha2 and then mistakenly multiplied by 0.00001 instead of 0.0001 to get m2/ha values

Metadata
Sample number: 3053

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-07-15 17:10:55

Modified: 2018-07-15 07:10:55

Abundance distribution
42 species
6 singletons
total count 848
geometric series index: 57.0
Fisher's α: 9.280
geometric series k: 0.8801
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9116
Shannon's H: 2.9419
Good's u: 0.9929
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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