Ashiu Experimental Forest
Basic information
Sample name: Ashiu Experimental Forest

Reference: K. Hirayama and M. Sakimoto. 2003. Spatial distribution of canopy and subcanopy species along a sloping topography in a cool-temperate conifer-hardwood forest in the snowy region of Japan. Ecological Research 18:443-454 [ER 71]
Geography
Country: Japan


Coordinate: 35° 18' N, 135° 43' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 9.7

MAP: 2700.0

Habitat comments: "cool-temperate old-growth mixed forest"

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 1

Site length: 50

Site width: 120

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 5459 individuals

Size min: 1

Sampling comments: "the basal area for the upperstory trees were 458 stems ha-1 and 52.0 m2 ha-1"; basal area for the entire sample is not reported

Metadata
Sample number: 182

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

Created: 2013-03-18 12:54:33

Modified: 2014-08-22 03:12:43

Abundance distribution
29 species
1 singleton
total count 5459
geometric series index: 31.6
Fisher's α: 4.020
geometric series k: 0.7491
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6197
Shannon's H: 1.6961
Good's u: 0.9998
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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