Kade site D
Basic information
Sample name: Kade site D
Reference: M. D. Swaine and J. B. Hall. 1988. The mosaic theory of forest regeneration and the determination of forest composition in Ghana. Journal of Tropical Ecology 4(3):253-269 [ER 39]
Geography
Country: Ghana
State: Kwaebibirem
Coordinate: 6° 9' N, 0° 55' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: elevation is for the Agricultural Research Station and is from Epp (1987, Journal of Tropical Ecology)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 28.0
MAP: 1179.0
Dry months: 4
Habitat comments: climate data are for the station and are based on Owusu-Bennoah et al. (2000, West African Journal of Applied Ecology), who state that "80 pe cent" of rainfall falls "from March to mid-July and from September to November"
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 1
Site length: 50
Site width: 50
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 62 individuals
Years: 1974-1975
Size min: 10
Basal area: 7.4798
Sampling comments: basal area is given by Lawson et al. (1970)
Metadata
Sample number: 119
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-02-28 17:39:27
Modified: 2017-11-11 23:01:03
Abundance distribution
16 species
7 singletons
total count 62
geometric series index: 43.8
Fisher's α: 6.988
geometric series k: 0.7971
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7345
Shannon's H: 1.9770
Good's u: 0.8897
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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