Okomu Forest Reserve Sample Plot 3
Basic information
Sample name: Okomu Forest Reserve Sample Plot 3
Reference: P. W. Richards. 1939. Ecological studies on the rain forest of southern Nigeria: I. The structure and floristic composition of the primary forest. Journal of Ecology 27(1):1-61 [ER 2]
Geography
Country: Nigeria
State: Edo
Coordinate: 6.3° N, 5.2° E
Basis of coordinate: estimated from map
Geography comments: "immediately surrounding Nikrowa (also written Nikorowa, Onikrowa, etc.) Camp... on a small river in the south-east of the reserve, about 2 miles (3 km.) west of the Osse"
altitude of the reserve is "little above sea-level" to "about 250 ft." based on Jones (1955, Journal of Ecology)
located in the former state of Benin, now in Edo
altitude of the reserve is "little above sea-level" to "about 250 ft." based on Jones (1955, Journal of Ecology)
located in the former state of Benin, now in Edo
Climate and habitat
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 25.5
MART: 3.0
MAP: 2080.0
Dry months: 3
Habitat comments: the dry season comprises December, January and February
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 2
Site area: 1.486
Sampling methods: belt transect
Sample size: 265
Seasons: dry
Minimum size: 4.0inches dbh
Sampling comments: JA: two plots, one 400 x 300 ft and the other 400 x 100 ft
Metadata
Sample: 8
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2013-01-23 14:12:27
Modified: 2017-11-11 20:21:46
Abundance distribution
50 species
21 singletons
total count 265
extrapolated richness: 94.2
Fisher's α: 18.225
geometric series k: 0.9181
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8931
Shannon's H: 2.9796
Good's u: 0.9210
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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