Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary
Basic information
Sample name: Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary

Reference: S. J. George, B. Mohan Kumar, and G. R. Rajiv. 1993. Nature of secondary succession in the abandoned Eucalyptus plantations of Neyyar (Kerala) in Peninsular India. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 5(3):372-386 [ER 2514]
Geography
Country: India

State: Kerala

Coordinate: 9° 35' 0" N, 77° 3' 30" E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "in the Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary... 8º 17' N and 8º 53' N latitudes; 76º 48'E and 77º 17'E longitudes"
elevation range of the sanctuary is 90 to 1868 m based on Mathew et al. (2007, Zoos' Print Journal)

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Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: plantation

Protection: wildlife protected area

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 25.5

MAP: 2800.0

Habitat comments: "E. tereticornis was planted in this area during 1964 and 1965 and was clear-felled in 1975 (total area: 111.48 ha). The plantation was abandoned" in 1972 and the original habitat was "secondary moist deciduous" forest
MAP stated in text
MAT is for the adjacent Kottoor Reserve and is based on the mean daily minimum and maximum of 16 and 35ºC reported by Vijayan et al. (2007, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge)

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 100

Site area: 1.0

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 727 individuals

Years: 1990

Net or trap nights: 0

Size min: 15.0

Basal area status: per ha is

Basal area: 12.77

Sampling comments: "One hundred 10 x 10 m quadrats were randomly distributed in the study area"

Metadata
Sample no: 2817

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-11-28 21:03:40

Modified: 2017-11-28 10:30:23

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
23 species
2 singletons
total count 727
geometric series index: 29.5
Fisher's α: 4.522
geometric series k: 0.7802
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8504
Shannon's H: 2.3456
Good's u: 0.9973
Register
Eucalyptus tereticornis 235
Aporosa cardiosperma 63
"Aporusa lindleyana"
Symplocos spicata 74
Terminalia paniculata 62
Olea dioica 60
Macaranga peltata 54
Careya arborea 36
Pterocarpus marsupium 37
Artocarpus hirsutus 14
Mangifera indica 9
Hydnocarpus laurifolia 19
Buchanania lanceolata 13
Phyllanthus emblica 18
"Emblica officinalis"
Albizia odoratissima 2
Bridelia crenulata 5
Terminalia bellirica 6
Albizia procera 4
Vitex altissima 2
Anacardium occidentale 4
Tabernaemontana dichotoma 6
Elaeocarpus glandulosa 1
Ficus callosa 2
Psidium guajava 1