Shasha Forest Reserve Sample Plot 4
Basic information
Sample name: Shasha Forest Reserve Sample Plot 4

Reference: P. W. Richards. 1939. Ecological studies on the rain forest of southern Nigeria: I. The structure and floristic composition of the primary forest. Journal of Ecology 27(1):1-61 [ER 2]
Geography
Country: Nigeria

State: Osun



Coordinate: 7° 9' N, 4° 30' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "on the Olomitutu stream about W mile (0-8 km.) west of the Oni and about 8 miles (13 km.) north-east of the Oni-Shasha junction. The neighbouring country consisted of hills, the highest perhaps 200 ft. (61 m.) high"
coordinate and altitude are based on Akinyemi and Oke (2014, Not Sci Biol)

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical wetland

Protection: forest reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: selective logging

MAT: 25.5

MART: 3.0

MAP: 1421.0

Dry months: 3

Habitat comments: "fresh-water swamp forest"
the dry season comprises December, January and February
MAP is based on Akinyemi and Oke (2014, Not Sci Biol)

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 1

Site area: 1.486

Sampling methods: belt transect

Sample size: 295 individuals

Size min: 4

Sampling comments: JA: apparently a single 400 x 400 ft plot

Metadata
Sample number: 9

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2013-01-23 14:14:22

Modified: 2017-11-11 09:15:41

Abundance distribution
34 species
12 singletons
total count 295
geometric series index: 64.9
Fisher's α: 9.928
geometric series k: 0.8731
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8779
Shannon's H: 2.7015
Good's u: 0.9594
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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