Isecheno (1999)
Basic information
Sample name: Isecheno (1999)
Sample aka: Kakamega Forest
Reference: P. J. Fashing, A. Forrestel, C. Scully, and M. Cords. 2004. Long-term tree population dynamics and their implications for the conservation of the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Biodiversity and Conservation 13:753-771 [ER 73]
Geography
Country: Kenya
Coordinate: 0° 19' N, 34° 52' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "in the central region of the Kakamega Forest in western Kenya"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: selective logging
WMT: 25.0
CMT: 14.5
MAP: 2000.0
Habitat comments: "selectively logged for very large trees in the 1940s (Cords 1987) and suffers from some illegal exploitation"
cold and warm season daily min/max 11/18 and 21/29
cold and warm season daily min/max 11/18 and 21/29
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 3
Site area: 1.79
Sampling methods: line transect
Sample size: 741 individuals
Years: 1981, 1999
Size min: 30
Sampling comments: three plots of 0.81, 0.49, and 0.49 ha that were originally censused in 1981
Results are given in terms of density (stems/ha) (Table 2; p. 760-762)
Results are given in terms of density (stems/ha) (Table 2; p. 760-762)
Metadata
Sample number: 185
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-03-18 16:08:05
Modified: 2016-06-03 23:17:14
Abundance distribution
54 species
15 singletons
total count 741
extrapolated richness: 86.6
Fisher's α: 13.396
geometric series k: 0.9186
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9472
Shannon's H: 3.3219
Good's u: 0.9798
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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