Sannosuke beech forest
Basic information
Sample name: Sannosuke beech forest

Reference: K. Namikawa, T. Matsui, M. Kobayashi, R. Goto, and S. Kuramoto. 2010. Initial establishment and regeneration processes of an outlying isolated Fagus crenata Blume forest stand in the northernmost boundary of its range in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Plant Ecology 207:161-174 [ER 136]
Geography
Country: Japan



Coordinate: 42° 46' 48" N, 140° 23' 43" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: elevation 350 to 510 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 5.5

WMT: 18.0

CMT: -6.6

MAP: 1280.0

Habitat comments: primarily mixed deciduous broadleaf/ conifer forests (p. 163)
Although there were some old rotten stumps in the study site, recent human interferences were not apparent (p. 163)

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 1

Site area: 0.75

Site length: 150

Site width: 50

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 992 individuals

Years: 2006

Days: 30

Size min: 10

Basal area: 22.6875

Sampling comments: Results (Table 1, p. 167) are reported in terms of Density (Stems/ha). But because sampled area is 0.75 ha, here n= Density x 0.75

Metadata
Sample number: 309

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

Created: 2013-04-11 12:18:43

Modified: 2014-08-22 03:18:23

Abundance distribution
14 species
2 singletons
total count 992
geometric series index: 17.4
Fisher's α: 2.308
geometric series k: 0.6068
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5379
Shannon's H: 1.3335
Good's u: 0.9980
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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