Kalakad National Park (UD)
Basic information
Sample name: Kalakad National Park (UD)
Reference: N. Parthasarthy. 1999. Tree diversity and distribution in undisturbed and human-impacted sites of tropical wet evergreen forest in southern Western Ghats, India. Biodiversity and Conservation 8:1365-1381 [ER 108]
Geography
Country: India
State: Tamil Nadu
Coordinate: 9° 30' N, 78° 30' E
Latlng basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: "Research was carried out in Kalakad National Park (KNP) (8º25′ N and 8º35′ N latitude and 77º25′ E and 77º35′ E longitude) located in the Agasthyamalai range of southern Western Ghats, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, south India"
this site is "at 1170 m elevation"
this site is "at 1170 m elevation"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 22.5
WMT: 30.0
CMT: 15.0
MAP: 3000.0
Habitat comments: "tropical wet evergreen forest" and specifically "in a pristine forest area (as evidenced by the tall, voluminous and large- and long-buttressed trees, with no signs of felling)"
UD= undisturbed site
UD= undisturbed site
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 1
Site area: 1.0
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 756 individuals
Net or trap nights: 0
Size min: 30.0
Basal area status: total is
Basal area: 94.64
Sampling comments: site geometry not stated
Metadata
Sample no: 258
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-04-08 08:33:44
Modified: 2017-11-10 23:03:03
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
84 species
25 singletons
total count 756
geometric series index: 152.2
Fisher's α: 24.179
geometric series k: 0.9498
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9603
Shannon's H: 3.6607
Good's u: 0.967
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