Bonayer Forest
Basic information
Sample name: Bonayer Forest
Reference: C. K. Bougher and J. E. Winstead. 1974. A phytosociological study of a relict hardwood forest in Barren County, Kentucky. Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science 35(1-2):44-54 [ER 2103]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Kentucky
Coordinate: 37° 1' N, 86° 4' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "25 miles (40.25 km) east of Bowling Green and 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Glasgow on U.S. Highway 67 at the village of Bonayer" (coordinate based on Bon Ayr)
altitude range of 165 to 229 m is for this part of the county and is from Johnson (1980, Western Kentucky University M.S. thesis)
altitude range of 165 to 229 m is for this part of the county and is from Johnson (1980, Western Kentucky University M.S. thesis)
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Altered habitat: fragment
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 13.8
MAP: 1294.0
Habitat comments: "approximately 14.5 acres (5.9 hectares) of mature hardwood forest... there has been no timber removed except for dead chestnut trees after the epidemic of chestnut blight in the late 1930's"
climate data are for Bowling Green and are from Rhoades et al. (2002, Restoration Ecology)
climate data are for Bowling Green and are from Rhoades et al. (2002, Restoration Ecology)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 30
Site area: 0.3
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 214 individuals
Years: 1971
Size min: 5
Basal area: 31.8
Sampling comments: "23 quadrats of 10 m x 10 m dimenstions were placed on 4 transect lines with a 30-m interval between each quadrat. Seven additional 100-m2 quadrats were placed at random in the remaining area"
Metadata
Sample number: 2053
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-06-12 15:06:25
Modified: 2020-06-05 09:03:52
Abundance distribution
24 species
5 singletons
total count 214
extrapolated richness: 36.0
Fisher's α: 6.933
geometric series k: 0.8665
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9254
Shannon's H: 2.7992
Good's u: 0.9767
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Current reference:
Ribon et al. 2003 (ER 1246)