Kahuzi-Biega National Park (secondary forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Kahuzi-Biega National Park (secondary forest)
Reference: J. Yamagiwa, A. K. Basabose, K. P. Kaleme, and T. Yumoto. 2008. Phenology of fruits consumed by a sympatric population of gorillas and chimpanzees in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. African Study Monographs 39:3-22 [ER 95]
Geography
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
State: Kivu
Coordinate: -2.16° S, 28.65° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Geography comments: "The study area covers about 30 km2 along the eastern border of the park at an altitude of 2,050–2,350 m"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 20.1
WMT: 20.6
CMT: 19.3
MAP: 1660.0
Dry months: 3
Habitat comments: JA: WMT and CMT measured off of graph in Yamagiwa and Basabose 2006
rainfall is consistently around or below 50 mm/mo during June, July, and August, which are the cold months, but otherwise always over 100 mm/mo (Yamagiwa and Basabose 2006)
rainfall is consistently around or below 50 mm/mo during June, July, and August, which are the cold months, but otherwise always over 100 mm/mo (Yamagiwa and Basabose 2006)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 1
Site length: 3170
Site width: 20
Sampling methods: belt transect
Sample size: 1566 individuals
Years: 1994-2002
Days: 30
Size min: 10
Basal area: 13.625
Metadata
Sample number: 233
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-03-25 10:55:42
Modified: 2018-06-03 02:35:00
Abundance distribution
40 species
7 singletons
total count 1566
extrapolated richness: 55.8
Fisher's α: 7.478
geometric series k: 0.8521
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8589
Shannon's H: 2.5890
Good's u: 0.9955
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Acanthus pubescens | 1 | |
| Agauria salicifolia | 124 | |
| Aidia micrantha | 18 | |
| Albizia gummifera | 10 | |
| Allophylus sp. | 51 | |
| Bersama ugandensis | 1 | |
| Bridelia bridelifolia | 138 | |
| Cassipourea ruwensorensis | 7 | |
| "Cassipourea ruwenzoriensis" | ||
| Conopharyngia durissima | 72 | |
| Dombeya goetzenii | 44 | |
| Ekebergia capensis | 3 | |
| Erica arborea | 3 | |
| Erythrina tomentosa | 13 | |
| Ficus oreadryadum | 3 | |
| Ficus thonningii | 5 | |
| Galiniera coffeoides | 30 | |
| Hagenia abyssinica | 43 | |
| Hypericum revolutum | 15 | |
| Lindackeria bukombensis | 21 | |
| Macaranga kilimandscharica | 514 | |
| Maesa lanceolata | 36 | |
| Maesopsis eminii | 1 | |
| Manniophyton fulvum | 2 | |
| Microdesmis pierlotiana | 2 | |
| Millettia dura | 54 | |
| Myrianthus holstii | 5 | |
| Neoboutonia macrocalyx | 134 | |
| "Neoboutonia microcalyx" | ||
| Nuxia congesta | 61 | |
| Polyscias fulva | 1 | |
| Psychotria palustris | 7 | |
| Rytigynia sp. | 1 | |
| Sapium ellipticum | 80 | |
| Senecio mannii | 1 | |
| Strombosiopsis tetrandra | 17 | |
| "Strombosiopsis tetranda" | ||
| Symphonia globulifera | 2 | |
| Syzygium parvifolium | 6 | |
| Tricalysia sp. | 5 | |
| Vernonia ampla | 8 | |
| Xylopia sp. | 1 | |
| Xymalos monospora | 26 | |