Oku
Basic information
Sample name: Oku
Reference: E. Noumi and G. A. T. Tiam. 2016. Floristic inventory of woody species of the Oku sacred forest in the north-west Cameroon, theoretical and philosophical approach. International Journal of Current Research in Biosciences and Plant Biology 3(1):66-91 [ER 2064]
Geography
Country: Cameroon
Coordinate: 6° 12' 0" N, 10° 27' 30" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: "at the northwestern edge of Cameroon"
elevation 2200 to 2300 m
elevation 2200 to 2300 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: hunting,selective logging
MAT: 19.8
MAP: 2305.0
Habitat comments: disturbances include "debark important species such as Prunus africana for medicinal purposes, felling of soft wood like Polyscias fulva for sculptures and other art works, burning from traditional agriculture or hunting for bushmeat"
there is a three-month dry season and an eight-month wet season with a transition to the dry season in November
there is a three-month dry season and an eight-month wet season with a transition to the dry season in November
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 9
Site area: 1.125
Sample size: 934 individuals
Years: 2012, 2013
Size min: 10
Basal area: 205.02
Sampling comments: "nine plots of 25m x 50 m (1250m2)"
Metadata
Sample number: 2004
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-03-17 20:45:26
Modified: 2016-03-17 09:45:26
Abundance distribution
31 species
3 singletons
total count 934
extrapolated richness: 39.5
Fisher's α: 6.167
geometric series k: 0.8284
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8652
Shannon's H: 2.5734
Good's u: 0.9968
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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