Yosemite National Park
Basic information
Sample name: Yosemite National Park

Reference: J. A. Lutz, J. W. van Wagtendonk, and J. F. Franklin. 2009. Twentieth-century decline of large-diameter trees in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 257(11):2296-2307 [ER 97]
Geography
Country: United States

State: California


Coordinate: 37.7° N, -119.7° W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 1214.0

Habitat comments: January mean minimum and maximum temperatures are 14 8C to 2 8C at higher elevations (>3900 m)
and 1 8C to 14 8C at lower elevations (<700 m). July mean minimum and maximum temperatures are 2–13 8C at higher elevations and 16–35 8C at lower elevations. (p. 2297)

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 137

Site area: 13.7

Sample size: 6910 individuals

Years: 1988-1999

Size min: 10

Sampling comments: Of the 362 YVI circular plots (r=17.84m; 1000m2), only 137 where selected (p. 2298). Total sampled site area = 13.7 ha.

Metadata
Sample number: 238

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

Created: 2013-03-25 11:54:20

Modified: 2017-11-02 03:20:37

Abundance distribution
25 species
1 singleton
total count 6910
extrapolated richness: 27.4
Fisher's α: 3.265
geometric series k: 0.7268
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8416
Shannon's H: 2.2562
Good's u: 0.9999
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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