Tutuila (ridge)
Basic information
Sample name: Tutuila (ridge)

Reference: E. L. Webb, B. J. Stanfield, and M. L. Jensen. 1999. Effects of topography on rainforest tree community structure and diversity in American Samoa, and implications for frugivore and nectarivore populations. Journal of Biogeography 26(4):887-897 [ER 60]
Geography
Country: United States

State: American Samoa


Coordinate: 14° 18' S, 170° 41' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "Plots ranged from 48 m to 339 m in elevation"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: recent storm

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 20

Site area: 0.4

Sample size: 379 individuals

Size min: 10

Basal area: 8.1

Sampling comments: twenty 10 x 20 m plots

Metadata
Sample number: 162

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

Created: 2013-03-08 10:57:33

Modified: 2017-11-11 02:45:52

Abundance distribution
39 species
15 singletons
total count 379
extrapolated richness: 77.1
Fisher's α: 10.904
geometric series k: 0.8949
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9159
Shannon's H: 2.8729
Good's u: 0.9605
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register