Corbet’s Gap (natural forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Corbet’s Gap (natural forest)
Reference: B. Dhakal, M. A. Pinard, I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke, C. V. S. Gunatilleke, H. M. S. P. M. Weerasinghe, A. L. S. Dharmaparakrama, and D. F. R. P. Burslem. 2012. Impacts of cardamom cultivation on montane forest ecosystems in Sri Lanka. Forest Ecology and Management 274:151-160 [ER 2460]
Geography
Country: Sri Lanka
Coordinate: 7° 19' N, 80° 36' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "in the Knuckles Forest Reserve... elevation range 1020–1340 m"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 21.0
MAP: 2776.0
Habitat comments: "natural forest with no planted cardamom, although a low density of naturally regenerating carda- mom was sometimes present"
MAP stated in text
MAT is for Knuckles Forest Reserve "above 915 m" and is from Samarawickrama et al. (2012, Amphibian and Reptile Conservation)
MAP stated in text
MAT is for Knuckles Forest Reserve "above 915 m" and is from Samarawickrama et al. (2012, Amphibian and Reptile Conservation)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 10
Site area: 0.4
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 507 individuals
Years: 2007
Size min: 5
Sampling comments: "Ten 20 x 20 m plots were selected randomly in each forest type at each site"
Metadata
Sample number: 2732
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-10-14 15:56:50
Modified: 2018-06-30 11:30:33
Abundance distribution
39 species
12 singletons
total count 507
extrapolated richness: 70.9
Fisher's α: 9.847
geometric series k: 0.8811
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8897
Shannon's H: 2.6830
Good's u: 0.9764
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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