Corbet’s Gap (natural forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Corbet’s Gap (natural forest)
Reference: B. Dhakal, M. A. Pinard, I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke, C. V. S. Gunatilleke, H. M. S. P. M. Weerasinghe, A. L. S. Dharmaparakrama, and D. F. R. P. Burslem. 2012. Impacts of cardamom cultivation on montane forest ecosystems in Sri Lanka. Forest Ecology and Management 274:151-160 [ER 2460]
Geography
Country: Sri Lanka
Coordinate: 7° 19' N, 81° 36' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "in the Knuckles Forest Reserve... elevation range 1020–1340 m"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 21.0
MAP: 2776.0
Habitat comments: "natural forest with no planted cardamom, although a low density of naturally regenerating carda- mom was sometimes present"
MAP stated in text
MAT is for Knuckles Forest Reserve "above 915 m" and is from Samarawickrama et al. (2012, Amphibian and Reptile Conservation)
MAP stated in text
MAT is for Knuckles Forest Reserve "above 915 m" and is from Samarawickrama et al. (2012, Amphibian and Reptile Conservation)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 10
Site area: 0.4
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 507 individuals
Years: 2007
Net or trap nights: 0
Size min: 5.0
Basal area status: not stated
Sampling comments: "Ten 20 x 20 m plots were selected randomly in each forest type at each site"
Metadata
Sample no: 2732
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-10-14 15:56:50
Modified: 2018-06-30 11:30:33
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
39 species
12 singletons
total count 507
geometric series index: 70.9
Fisher's α: 9.847
geometric series k: 0.8811
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8897
Shannon's H: 2.683
Good's u: 0.9764
Register
| Nothopegia beddomei | 2 | |
| Semecarpus parvifolia | 11 | |
| Semecarpus nigroviridis | 1 | |
| Schefflera sp. | 59 | |
| Calophyllum trapezifolium | 123 | |
| Garcinia hermonii | 6 | |
| Garcinia morella | 4 | |
| Garcinia echinocarpa | 2 | |
| Macaranga indica | 50 | |
| Margaritaria indica | 1 | |
| "Margaritaria indicus" | ||
| Mallotus eriocarpus | 13 | |
| Eucalyptus spp. | 1 | |
| Gliricidia sepium | 6 | |
| Scolopia pusilla | 8 | |
| Neolitsea cassia | 5 | |
| Litsea gardneri | 54 | |
| Neolitsea fuscata | 2 | |
| Cinnamomum verum | 1 | |
| Cedrela sp. | 4 | |
| Dysoxylum championii | 48 | |
| Walsura acuminata | 1 | |
| Ficus tinctoria | 1 | |
| Myristica dactyloides | 24 | |
| Maesa indica | 8 | |
| Rapanea robusta | 1 | |
| Syzygium umbrosum | 16 | |
| Syzygium operculatum | 1 | |
| Eugenia mooniana | 15 | |
| "Eugenia thwaitesii" | ||
| Cleistocalyx nervosum | 2 | |
| Psychotria gardneri | 1 | |
| Canthium coromandalicum | 4 | |
| Gaertnera walkeri | 3 | |
| Clausena dentata | 2 | |
| Citrus aurantifolia | 5 | |
| Symplocos cordifolia | 1 | |
| Symplocos cochinchinensis | 17 | |
| Eurya ceylanica | 1 | |
| Celtis timorensis | 1 | |
| Unidentified indet. 3 | 2 | |