Baihua
Basic information
Sample name: Baihua

Sample aka: Xiaolong Mountain

Reference: Z. Chai, C. Sun, D. Wang, and W. Liu. 2016. Interspecific associations of dominant tree populations in a virgin old-growth oak forest in the Qinling Mountains, China. Botanical Studies 57(23):1-13 [ER 2510]
Geography
Country: China

State: Shaanxi



Coordinate: 34° 35' N, 105° 44' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "in the western area of the Qinling mounatins [sic]" and specifically "in the core zone of Baihua forest region" and the plot is at "an average elevation of 1723 m"
this is apparently to the east of Tianshui

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 9.5

MAP: 630.0

Habitat comments: "The annual rainfall is 460-800 mm most of which falls from July to September... Vegetation is virgin old-growth (>100 years) oak broad-leaved mixed forest"

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 1

Site length: 150

Site width: 70

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 866 individuals

Years: 2011

Size min: 5

Sampling comments: "a permanent 150 x 70 m plot"

Metadata
Sample number: 2803

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-11-22 12:54:49

Modified: 2017-11-22 01:54:49

Abundance distribution
46 species
13 singletons
total count 866
geometric series index: 81.3
Fisher's α: 10.367
geometric series k: 0.8903
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8976
Shannon's H: 2.7258
Good's u: 0.9850
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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