Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary (distant sites)
Basic information
Sample name: Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary (distant sites)
Sample aka: Budhipadaga
Reference: U. Shankar, K. S. Murali, R. Uma Shaanker, K. N. Ganeshaiah, and K. S. Bawa. 1998. Extraction of non-timber forest products in the forests of Biligiri Rangan Hills, India. 4. Impact on floristic diversity and population structure in a thorn scrub forest. Economic Botany 52(3):302-315 [ER 2509]
Geography
Country: India
State: Karnataka
Coordinate: 12° 0' N, 77° 8' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "in the southern range of the scrub forest adjoining a human settlement (Budhipadaga)" and specifically "4- 6 km from the settlement"
sites are "from 700 to 1200 m"
coordinate based on Biligiriranganatha Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary
sites are "from 700 to 1200 m"
coordinate based on Biligiriranganatha Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary
Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Protection: wildlife protected area
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: selective logging
MAT: 25.3
MAP: 748.0
Habitat comments: "scrub forests... most trees in the forest are in some way economically important" as "non-timber forest products" such as fuelwood and poles used in construction
climate data are for the sanctuary
climate data are for the sanctuary
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sampling methods: belt transect
Sample size: 208 individuals
Years: 1992, 1993
Net or trap nights: 0
Size min: 10.0
Basal area status: total is
Basal area: 4.3858
Sampling comments: "four transects were sampled from a 2 ha area in the form of four 500 m long and 10 m wide linear transects... Each transect was a continuum of five plots" (apparently meaning contiguous plots)
extraordinarily low basal area figure appears to be correctly computed
extraordinarily low basal area figure appears to be correctly computed
Metadata
Sample no: 2801
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-11-22 10:23:14
Modified: 2017-11-21 23:23:14
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
29 species
10 singletons
total count 208
geometric series index: 55.1
Fisher's α: 9.161
geometric series k: 0.8808
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9116
Shannon's H: 2.7711
Good's u: 0.9521
Register
| Chloroxylon swietenia | 21 | |
| Senegalia chundra | 35 | |
| "Acacia sundra" | ||
| Strychnos potatorum | 33 | |
| Terminalia anogeissiana | 9 | |
| "Anogeissus latifolia" | ||
| Morinda tinctoria | 18 | |
| Vateria indica | 5 | |
| Dalbergia lanceolaria | 12 | |
| Erythroxylon monogynum | 1 | |
| Ziziphus sp. | 2 | |
| Tree indet. Kanneru | 12 | |
| Diospyros melanoxylon | 3 | |
| Phyllanthus emblica | 6 | |
| Boswellia serrata | 7 | |
| Terminalia crenulata | 10 | |
| Bridelia retusa | 7 | |
| Terminalia paniculata | 5 | |
| Shorea talura | 6 | |
| Maytenus emarginata | 1 | |
| Ziziphus xylopyrus | 3 | |
| Buchanania cochinchinensis | 1 | |
| "Buchanania lanzan" | ||
| Grewia oppositifolia | 1 | |
| Cassia fistula | 1 | |
| Santalum album | 1 | |
| Acacia sinuata | 1 | |
| Terminalia chebula | 2 | |
| Ixora brachiata | 2 | |
| Gardenia gummifera | 1 | |
| Tree indet. Kappali | 1 | |
| Stereospermum personatum | 1 | |