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
Basis of coordinate: 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"
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Climate and habitat
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)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 1
Site length: 3170.000
Site width: 20.000
Sampling methods: belt transect
Sample size: 1566
Years: 1994-2002
Days: 30
Minimum size: 10.0cm dbh
Basal area: 13.6250 per ha
Metadata
Sample: 233
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-03-25 10:55:42
Modified: 2018-06-03 12:35:00
Abundance distribution
40 species
7 singletons
total count 1566
extrapolated richness: 48.2
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
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Register
Acanthus pubescens1
Agauria salicifolia124
Aidia micrantha18
Albizia gummifera10
Allophylus sp.51
Bersama ugandensis1
Bridelia bridelifolia138
Cassipourea ruwensorensis7
"Cassipourea ruwenzoriensis"
Conopharyngia durissima72
Dombeya goetzenii44
Ekebergia capensis3
Erica arborea3
Erythrina tomentosa13
Ficus oreadryadum3
Ficus thonningii5
Galiniera coffeoides30
Hagenia abyssinica43
Hypericum revolutum15
Lindackeria bukombensis21
Macaranga kilimandscharica514
Maesa lanceolata36
Maesopsis eminii1
Manniophyton fulvum2
Microdesmis pierlotiana2
Millettia dura54
Myrianthus holstii5
Neoboutonia macrocalyx134
"Neoboutonia microcalyx"
Nuxia congesta61
Polyscias fulva1
Psychotria palustris7
Rytigynia sp.1
Sapium ellipticum80
Senecio mannii1
Strombosiopsis tetrandra17
"Strombosiopsis tetranda"
Symphonia globulifera2
Syzygium parvifolium6
Tricalysia sp.5
Vernonia ampla8
Xylopia sp.1
Xymalos monospora26