Gola Forest
Basic information
Sample name: Gola Forest
Sample aka: The Gola Forest Reserve
Reference: N. H. Ayodele Cole. 1980. The Gola Forest in Sierra Leone: a remnant primary tropical rain-forest in need of conservation. Environmental Conservation 7(1):33-40 [ER 24]
Geography
Country: Sierra Leone
Coordinate: 7° 37' 30" N, 11° 7' 30" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: coordinate is midpoint of ranges given in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: selective logging
MAT: 27.4
MAP: 2461.0
Habitat comments: JA: a stand of "virgin rain-forest" with logging in the general area; fragment size unclear
climate data are for Tongo and are from Fairbarin and Robertson (1966, Clay Minerals); MAT is based on daily min/max of 69.3 and 93.4ยบ F
climate data are for Tongo and are from Fairbarin and Robertson (1966, Clay Minerals); MAT is based on daily min/max of 69.3 and 93.4ยบ F
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 3
Site area: 0.223
Sampling methods: belt transect
Sample size: 104 individuals
Years: 1971
Days: 3
Size min: 30
Basal area: 17.95
Metadata
Sample number: 98
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-02-25 11:16:37
Modified: 2015-02-22 23:31:06
Abundance distribution
34 species
17 singletons
total count 104
extrapolated richness: 91.0
Fisher's α: 17.583
geometric series k: 0.9231
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9403
Shannon's H: 3.1398
Good's u: 0.8365
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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