Bia Conservation Area
Basic information
Sample name: Bia Conservation Area
Reference: A. Asasea, B. K. Asitoakorb, and P. K. Ekpe. 2012. Linkages between tree diversity and carbon stocks in unlogged and logged West African tropical forests. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management 8(3):217-230 [ER 105]
Geography
Country: Ghana
State: Southwest
County: Juabeso-Bia District
Coordinate: 7° 35' 30" N, 3° 6' 0" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "The area falls within latitude 6º32' N to 6º37' N and longitude 3º02' W to 3º08' W" and elevations range "between 168 and 238 m"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: selective logging
WMT: 28.0
CMT: 24.0
MAP: 1650.0
Habitat comments: "typical moist evergreen forest with bimodal rainfall between May and June and also between September and October. Annual rainfall is 1500-1800 mm"
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 10
Site area: 0.625
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 390 individuals
Net or trap nights: 0
Size min: 10.0
Basal area status: total is
Basal area: 18.7813
Sampling comments: "Five forest stands in unlogged forest and five in logged forest of size 25 m × 25 m were randomly sampled for data collection taken into consideration the range of variation within the land use types in the study area"
basal area 34.6 m/ha in logged forest and 25.5 in unlogged forest
basal area 34.6 m/ha in logged forest and 25.5 in unlogged forest
Metadata
Sample no: 251
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-04-05 15:13:44
Modified: 2017-11-10 23:09:03
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
117 species
60 singletons
total count 390
geometric series index: 348.9
Fisher's α: 56.67
geometric series k: 0.9703
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9715
Shannon's H: 4.1305
Good's u: 0.8465
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