Vera Cruz Farm
Basic information
Sample name: Vera Cruz Farm
Sample aka: Nova Xavantina
Reference: H. A. Mews, B. S. Marimon, and J. A. Ratter. 2012. Observations on the vegetation of Mato Grosso, Brazil. V. Changes in the woody species diversity of a forest in the Cerrado-Amazonian Forest transition zone and notes on the forests of the region. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 69(2):239-253 [ER 2484]
Geography
Country: Brazil
State: Mato Grosso
Coordinate: 15° 50' 32" S, 52° 6' 20" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: altitude is for Parque do Bacaba and is from Ribeiro et al. (2008, I Workshop dos Grupos de Pesquisa e da Pós Graduação da Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: fragment
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 25.0
MAP: 1400.0
Dry months: 5
Habitat comments: "a semideciduous seasonal forest" in "a continuous preserved area of 5000 hectares without signs of disturbance by fire or selective logging"
MAP 1300 to 1500 mm; there is a < 50 mm/month dry season from May through September
climate data are for the Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina and are from Marimon et al. (2002)
matrix is primarily agricultural based on satellite photos
MAP 1300 to 1500 mm; there is a < 50 mm/month dry season from May through September
climate data are for the Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina and are from Marimon et al. (2002)
matrix is primarily agricultural based on satellite photos
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 1
Site area: 0.6
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 684 individuals
Years: 2003
Net or trap nights: 0
Size min: 5.0
Basal area status: not stated
Sampling comments: "The forest was surveyed by 60 contiguous permanent plots of 10 x 10 m... In 2008 the plots were re-surveyed" and the 2008 counts are also given
Metadata
Sample no: 2767
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-11-03 20:59:50
Modified: 2020-06-05 09:13:53
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
84 species
33 singletons
total count 684
geometric series index: 185.8
Fisher's α: 25.158
geometric series k: 0.9436
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9326
Shannon's H: 3.3486
Good's u: 0.9518
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