Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary
Basic information
Sample name: Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary
Reference: O. Ilyas and J. A. Khan. 2005. Assessment of tree mortality and post fire regeneration pattern in Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kumaon Himalaya. Tropical Ecology 46(2):157-163 [ER 1125]
Geography
Country: India
State: Uttarakhand
Coordinate: 29° 41' 30" N, 79° 45' 0" E
Basis of coordinate: stated in text as range
Geography comments: "30 km east of Almora town"
coordinate is the midpoint of ranges stated in the text
altitude 1200 to 2440 m
coordinate is the midpoint of ranges stated in the text
altitude 1200 to 2440 m
Climate and habitat
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Protection: wildlife protected area
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: recent fire
WMT: 18.9
CMT: 3.0
MAP: 1200.0
Habitat comments: "a burnt oak patch"
climate data are for the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary and are from Sharma and Rikhari (1997, International Journal of Biometeorology)
climate data are for the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary and are from Sharma and Rikhari (1997, International Journal of Biometeorology)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 100
Site area: 3.142
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 1944
Years: 1996
Minimum size: 30.0cm girth at breast height
Sampling comments: plots were initially surveyed in 1996 and then revisited in 1998
"100 randomly located sampling points... A 10 m radius circular plot was established at each sampling point"
counts include dead individuals
"100 randomly located sampling points... A 10 m radius circular plot was established at each sampling point"
counts include dead individuals
Metadata
Sample: 1645
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-06-18 20:43:05
Modified: 2017-11-06 21:13:25
Abundance distribution

16 species
3 singletons
total count 1944
Fisher's α: 2.387
geometric series k: 0.6377
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7032
Shannon's H: 1.4986
Good's u: 0.9985
Register
Quercus leucotrichophora | 853 | |
Rhododendron arboreum | 515 | |
Lyonia ovalifolia | 342 | |
Pinus roxburghii | 78 | |
Viburnum cotinifolium | 62 | |
Quercus floribunda | 26 | |
Swida oblonga | 18 | |
Alnus nepalensis | 15 | |
Stranvaesia nussia | 13 | |
Morella esculenta | 9 | |
"Myrica esculenta" | ||
Cedrus deodara | 6 | |
Cornus macrophyla | 2 | |
Pyrus pashia | 2 | |
Toona hexandra | 1 | |
"Toona ciliata" | ||
Symplocos theifolia | 1 | |
Euonymus tingens | 1 |