Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary
Basic information
Sample name: Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary
Reference: S. J. George, B. Mohan Kumar, and G. R. Rajiv. 1993. Nature of secondary succession in the abandoned Eucalyptus plantations of Neyyar (Kerala) in Peninsular India. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 5(3):372-386 [ER 2514]
Geography
Country: India
State: Kerala
Coordinate: 8° 35' 0" N, 77° 2' 30" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "in the Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary... 8º 17' N and 8º 53' N latitudes; 76º 48'E and 77º 17'E longitudes"
elevation range of the sanctuary is 90 to 1868 m based on Mathew et al. (2007, Zoos' Print Journal)
elevation range of the sanctuary is 90 to 1868 m based on Mathew et al. (2007, Zoos' Print Journal)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: plantation
Protection: wildlife protected area
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 25.5
MAP: 2800.0
Habitat comments: "E. tereticornis was planted in this area during 1964 and 1965 and was clear-felled in 1975 (total area: 111.48 ha). The plantation was abandoned" in 1972 and the original habitat was "secondary moist deciduous" forest
MAP stated in text
MAT is for the adjacent Kottoor Reserve and is based on the mean daily minimum and maximum of 16 and 35ºC reported by Vijayan et al. (2007, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge)
MAP stated in text
MAT is for the adjacent Kottoor Reserve and is based on the mean daily minimum and maximum of 16 and 35ºC reported by Vijayan et al. (2007, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 100
Site area: 1
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 727 individuals
Years: 1990
Size min: 15
Basal area: 12.77
Sampling comments: "One hundred 10 x 10 m quadrats were randomly distributed in the study area"
Metadata
Sample number: 2817
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-11-28 21:03:40
Modified: 2017-11-28 10:30:23
Abundance distribution
23 species
2 singletons
total count 727
geometric series index: 29.5
Fisher's α: 4.522
geometric series k: 0.7802
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8504
Shannon's H: 2.3456
Good's u: 0.9973
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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