Rio Cachoeira Natural Reserve (>100 years)
Basic information
Sample name: Rio Cachoeira Natural Reserve (>100 years)
Reference: K. Geronazzo Martins, M. C. M. Marques, E. dos Santos, and R. Marques. 2015. Effects of soil conditions on the diversity of tropical forests across a successional gradient. Forest Ecology and Management 349:4-11 [ER 1124]
Geography
Country: Brazil
State: Paraná
Coordinate: 25° 18' 51" S, 48° 42' 24" W
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Geography comments: "in the municipality of Antonina... The reserve covers an area of 8600 ha"
altitude sea level to 540 m
altitude sea level to 540 m
Climate and habitat
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: nature reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 21.0
MAP: 2500.0
Habitat comments: "a Cfa climate according to the Köppen classification, defined as being subtropical humid mesothermal" with "no dry season"
secondary forest at least 100 years old that was "subjected on to low-impact selective logging in the past" (i.e., effectively old growth)
MAT 20 to 22, MAP 2000 to 3000 mm
secondary forest at least 100 years old that was "subjected on to low-impact selective logging in the past" (i.e., effectively old growth)
MAT 20 to 22, MAP 2000 to 3000 mm
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 3
Site area: 0.300
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 422
Minimum size: 4.8cm dbh
Sampling comments: "three independently distributed replicates (~1000 m apart)" with each consisting of "a 1000-m2 (10 x 100 m)"
basal area is discussed and illustrated in graphs but no figures are given
basal area is discussed and illustrated in graphs but no figures are given
Metadata
Sample: 1644
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-06-18 11:58:41
Modified: 2015-06-18 11:58:41
Abundance distribution
78 species
25 singletons
total count 422
extrapolated richness: 122.4
Fisher's α: 28.132
geometric series k: 0.9535
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9618
Shannon's H: 3.7331
Good's u: 0.9409
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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