Southern Bakundu Forest Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Southern Bakundu Forest Reserve
Reference: P. W. Richards. 1963. Ecological notes on West African vegetation: II. Lowland forest of the Southern Bakundu Forest Reserve. Journal of Ecology 51(1):123-149 [ER 6]
Geography
Country: Cameroon
Coordinate: 5° 31' N, 9° 19' E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Geography comments: JA: coordinate estimated from map on p. 124
elevation "seldom" reaches more than 30 - 50 m (treated as 15)
elevation "seldom" reaches more than 30 - 50 m (treated as 15)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: grazing, selective logging
MAT: 25.3
WMT: 26.2
CMT: 24.0
MAP: 3241.0
Dry months: 3
Habitat comments: JA: MAT, CMT, and WMT are averages for Victoria and Tiko and MAP is the average for Victoria and Kumba
rainfall is < 100 mm/mo during December, January, and February (warm months)
rainfall is < 100 mm/mo during December, January, and February (warm months)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 1
Site length: 122.0
Site width: 122.0
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 543 individuals
Years: 1948
Net or trap nights: 0
Size min: 30.0
Basal area status: not stated
Metadata
Sample no: 33
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2013-01-25 14:26:29
Modified: 2015-06-14 03:58:07
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
105 species
43 singletons
total count 543
geometric series index: 248.7
Fisher's α: 38.767
geometric series k: 0.9609
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9611
Shannon's H: 3.8542
Good's u: 0.921
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