Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary
Basic information
Sample name: Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary

Reference: A. Mamun, M. Akhter Hossain, M. K. Hossain, and S. Alam. 2015. Quantifying diversity and composition of tree species in secondary hill forests of Chunati Forest, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Indian Forester 141(5):566-572 [ER 2473]
Geography
Country: Bangladesh

Coordinate: 22° 57' 30" N, 92° 2' 0" E
Latlng basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "about 70 km south from Chittagong city and 70 km west from Cox's Bazar town"
elevation range for Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary is 30 to 90 m based on Roy (2008, in Connecting Communities and Conservation: Collaborative Management of. Protected Areas in Bangladesh)

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: wildlife protected area

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 28.2

CMT: 21.9

MAP: 2250.0

Habitat comments: "The annual rainfall of the area is 2000-2500 mm... During the monsoon temperature ranges from 24ºC (average minimum) to 32.5ºC. Temperature falls during winter season and ranges from 14.2ºC to 29.5ºC"

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 37

Site area: 1.48

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 993 individuals

Years: 2012, 2013

Net or trap nights: 0

Size min: 5.0

Basal area status: total is

Basal area: 18.45

Sampling comments: "A total of 37 sample plots" that were "20 m x 20 m"

Metadata
Sample no: 2751

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-10-21 15:19:30

Modified: 2017-11-07 10:13:48

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
99 species
28 singletons
total count 993
geometric series index: 180.7
Fisher's α: 27.356
geometric series k: 0.9453
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9103
Shannon's H: 3.3532
Good's u: 0.9718
Register
Acacia auriculiformis 248
Acacia sp. hybrid 2
Albizia chinensis 9
Albizia procera 4
Alstonia scholaris 7
Anogeissus acuminata 11
Antidesma bunius 1
Antidesma ghaesembilla 1
Antidesma velutinum 4
Aphanamixis polystachya 2
Aporosa dioica 3
Aporosa wallichii 4
"Aporosa wallichi"
Artocarpus chama 6
Artocarpus heterophyllus 5
Artocarpus lacucha 11
Baccaurea ramiflora 1
Bischofia javanica 1
Boehmeria glomerulifera 1
Bombax ceiba 1
Bombax insigne 1
Brownlowia elata 2
Callicarpa arborea 7
Chaetocarpus castanocarpus 1
Chukrasia tabularis 16
Cinnamomum glaucescens 8
Cinnamomum iners 3
Citrus reticulata 1
Cordia fragrantissima 1
Cordia serrata 4
Crataeva magna 1
Cryptocarya amygdalina 2
Dillenia scabrella 16
Dipterocarpus alatus 3
Dipterocarpus costatus 6
Dipterocarpus turbinatus 22
Drimycarpus racemosus 2
Elaeocarpus tectorius 8
Erythrina fusca 2
Eucalyptus camaldulensis 30
Ficus auriculata 4
Ficus benghalensis 1
Ficus conglobata 1
Ficus geniculata 1
Ficus hispida 71
Ficus lamponga 2
Ficus lanceolata 2
Ficus racemosa 3
Ficus semicordata 1
Flacourtia jangomas 1
Garcinia cowa 3
Glochidion multiloculare 2
Gmelina arborea 19
Grewia nervosa 24
Holarrhena pubescens 22
"Holarrhena antidysenterica"
Hopea odorata 6
Hydnocarpus laurifolia 5
"Hydnocarpus laurifolius"
Lagerstroemia speciosa 1
Lannea coromandelica 6
Lithocarpus polystachya 5
Litsea glutinosa 3
Macaranga denticulata 6
Macaranga indica 1
Maesa ramentacea 3
Mallotus philippensis 4
Mallotus roxburghianus 2
Mangifera indica 11
Mitragyna parvifolia 7
Myristica linifolia 2
Neolamarckia cadamba 5
Oroxylum indicum 9
Phyllanthus emblica 4
Picrasma javanica 1
Pinus oocarpa 2
Protium serratum 5
Psidium guajava 3
"Psidium guajaba"
Pterospermum acerifolium 3
Pterospermum semisagittatum 1
Quercus gomeziana 1
Senna siamea 2
Shorea robusta 79
Sterculia villosa 6
Stereospermum colais 11
Stereospermum suaveolens 3
Streblus asper 1
Suregada multiflora 2
Syzygium claviflorum 1
Syzygium firmum 1
Syzygium fruticosum 15
Tectona grandis 99
Terminalia arjuna 1
Terminalia bellirica 14
Tetrameles nudiflora 1
Toona hexandra 10
"Toona ciliata"
Trema orientalis 9
Vitex peduncularis 9
Vitex pinnata 2
Xylia xylocarpa 14
Zanthoxylum rhetsa 1
Ziziphus mauritiana 1