Kilengwe Forest
Basic information
Sample name: Kilengwe Forest
Reference: D. S. Kacholi. 2014. Analysis of structure and diversity of the Kilengwe Forest in the Morogoro Region, Tanzania. International Journal of Biodiversity 2014(516840):1-8 [ER 2503]
Geography
Country: Tanzania
Coordinate: 7° 29' S, 37° 32' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "is found in Kisaki Ward, Bwakira Chini Division, in the Morogoro Rural District... surrounded by the villages of Kilengwe and Zongomero... at an elevation of 182 to 228 m above mean sea level covering an area of 995 ha"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 25.1
MAP: 740.0
Habitat comments: "he rainfall regime is bimodal. The long rains last from March to May peaking in April while the short rains last from October to December. The mean annual rainfall and temperature in the Morogoro region are about 740 mm and 25.1ºC"
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 18
Site area: 0.72
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 199 individuals
Size min: 10
Basal area: 7.1
Sampling comments: "18 plots of 20 m x20 m each placed from the forest edge (100 m from forest margin) to the interior"
Metadata
Sample number: 2788
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-11-18 13:48:48
Modified: 2017-11-18 02:48:48
Abundance distribution
67 species
19 singletons
total count 199
geometric series index: 138.6
Fisher's α: 35.480
geometric series k: 0.9690
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9789
Shannon's H: 4.0079
Good's u: 0.9053
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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