Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary
Basic information
Sample name: Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary

Reference: O. Ilyas and J. A. Khan. 2005. Assessment of tree mortality and post fire regeneration pattern in Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kumaon Himalaya. Tropical Ecology 46(2):157-163 [ER 1125]
Geography
Country: India

State: Uttarakhand


Coordinate: 29° 41' 30" N, 79° 45' 0" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "30 km east of Almora town"
coordinate is the midpoint of ranges stated in the text
altitude 1200 to 2440 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: wildlife protected area

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: recent fire

WMT: 18.9

CMT: 3.0

MAP: 1200.0

Habitat comments: "a burnt oak patch"
climate data are for the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary and are from Sharma and Rikhari (1997, International Journal of Biometeorology)

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 100

Site area: 3.142

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 1944 individuals

Years: 1996

Size min: 30

Sampling comments: plots were initially surveyed in 1996 and then revisited in 1998
"100 randomly located sampling points... A 10 m radius circular plot was established at each sampling point"
counts include dead individuals

Metadata
Sample number: 1645

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-06-18 20:43:05

Modified: 2017-11-06 10:13:25

Abundance distribution
16 species
3 singletons
total count 1944
geometric series index: 22.4
Fisher's α: 2.387
geometric series k: 0.6377
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7032
Shannon's H: 1.4986
Good's u: 0.9985
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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