Kahuzi-Biega National Park (primary forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Kahuzi-Biega National Park (primary forest)
Reference: J. Yamagiwa, A. K. Basabose, K. P. Kaleme, and T. Yumoto. 2008. Phenology of fruits consumed by a sympatric population of gorillas and chimpanzees in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. African Study Monographs 39:3-22 [ER 95]
Geography
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
State: Kivu
County: Bukavu
Coordinate: -2.16° S, 28.65° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Geography comments: "The study area covers about 30 km2 along the eastern border of the park at an altitude of 2, 050–2, 350 m"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 20.1
WMT: 20.6
CMT: 19.3
MAP: 1660.0
Dry months: 3
Habitat comments: JA: WMT and CMT measured off of graph in Yamagiwa and Basabose 2006
rainfall is consistently around or below 50 mm/mo during June, July, and August, which are the cold months, but otherwise always over 100 mm/mo (Yamagiwa and Basabose 2006)
rainfall is consistently around or below 50 mm/mo during June, July, and August, which are the cold months, but otherwise always over 100 mm/mo (Yamagiwa and Basabose 2006)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 1
Site length: 1212.0
Site width: 20.0
Sampling methods: belt transect
Sample size: 438 individuals
Years: 1994-2002
Days: 30
Net or trap nights: 0
Size min: 10.0
Basal area status: per ha is
Basal area: 19.7775
Metadata
Sample no: 234
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-03-25 11:09:16
Modified: 2018-06-03 02:35:10
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
39 species
9 singletons
total count 438
geometric series index: 61.4
Fisher's α: 10.348
geometric series k: 0.8971
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9297
Shannon's H: 3.0262
Good's u: 0.9795
Register
| Acanthus pubescens | 3 | |
| Agauria salicifolia | 1 | |
| Aidia micrantha | 9 | |
| Albizia gummifera | 8 | |
| Alchornea hirtella | 3 | |
| Allophylus sp. | 13 | |
| Anthocleista sp. | 1 | |
| Bridelia bridelifolia | 18 | |
| Cassipourea ruwensorensis | 10 | |
| "Cassipourea ruwenzoriensis" | ||
| Conopharyngia durissima | 31 | |
| Diospyros hoyleana | 3 | |
| Dombeya goetzenii | 13 | |
| Ekebergia capensis | 1 | |
| Entandrophragma excelsum | 1 | |
| Ficus thonningii | 2 | |
| Galiniera coffeoides | 53 | |
| Gambeya gorungosana | 4 | |
| Lindackeria bukombensis | 11 | |
| Macaranga kilimandscharica | 16 | |
| Maesopsis eminii | 17 | |
| Massularia acuminata | 1 | |
| Microdesmis pierlotiana | 14 | |
| Morinda sp. | 3 | |
| Myrianthus holstii | 12 | |
| Neoboutonia macrocalyx | 62 | |
| "Neoboutonia microcalyx" | ||
| Newtonia buchananii | 12 | |
| Nuxia congesta | 7 | |
| Parinari curatellifolia | 4 | |
| Psychotria palustris | 8 | |
| Rytigynia sp. | 1 | |
| Sapium ellipticum | 53 | |
| Strombosiopsis tetrandra | 6 | |
| "Strombosiopsis tetranda" | ||
| Symphonia globulifera | 2 | |
| Syzygium parvifolium | 27 | |
| Tricalysia sp. | 3 | |
| Vernonia ampla | 1 | |
| Xylopia sp. | 1 | |
| Xymalos monospora | 1 | |
| Angiospermae indet. | 2 | |