Shasha Forest Reserve Sample Plot 1
Basic information
Sample name: Shasha Forest Reserve Sample Plot 1

Reference: P. W. Richards. 1939. Ecological studies on the rain forest of southern Nigeria: I. The structure and floristic composition of the primary forest. Journal of Ecology 27(1):1-61 [ER 2]
Geography
Country: Nigeria

State: Osun


Coordinate: 7° 9' N, 4° 30' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "on the Olomitutu stream about W mile (0-8 km.) west of the Oni and about 8 miles (13 km.) north-east of the Oni-Shasha junction. The neighbouring country consisted of hills, the highest perhaps 200 ft. (61 m.) high"
coordinate and altitude are based on Akinyemi and Oke (2014, Not Sci Biol)

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: forest reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: selective logging

MAT: 25.5

MART: 3.0

MAP: 1421.0

Dry months: 3

Habitat comments: the dry season comprises December, January and February
MAP is based on Akinyemi and Oke (2014, Not Sci Biol)

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 1

Site area: 1.486

Sampling methods: belt transect

Sample size: 327 individuals

Size min: 4

Sampling comments: JA: a single 400 x 400 ft plot

Metadata
Sample number: 6

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2013-01-23 14:11:02

Modified: 2017-11-11 09:14:51

Abundance distribution
24 species
9 singletons
total count 327
geometric series index: 46.0
Fisher's α: 5.968
geometric series k: 0.8036
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7416
Shannon's H: 1.9781
Good's u: 0.9725
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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