The Ecological Register: Northeastern Coastal Plain of Coahuila (Quercus fusiformis forest)

Northeastern Coastal Plain of Coahuila (Quercus fusiformis forest)

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Basic information

Sample name: Northeastern Coastal Plain of Coahuila (Quercus fusiformis forest)

Reference: J. A. Encina-Domínguez, E. M. Rocha, J. A. Meave, and A. Zârate-Lupercio. 2011. Community structure and oristic composition of Quercus fusiformis and Carya illinoinensis forests of the Northeastern Coastal Plain, Coahuila, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 82:607-622 [ER 2085]

Geography

Country: Mexico

State: Coahuila

Coordinate: 29° 4' N, 100° 41' W

Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "along the San Diego and Escondido rivers, as well as in areas south of Ciudad Acuña, at elevations ranging between 270 and 320 m"
the 19 sites are centered around Jiménez (basis of coordinate)

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Environment

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 22.0

MAP: 425.0

Habitat comments: MAT > 22º C and MAP 350 to 500 mm

Methods

Life forms: trees

Sites: 19

Site area: 1.9

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 735 individuals

Size min: 5

Basal area: 24.36

Sampling comments: "At each site we established a circular plot with an area of 1000 m2"

Metadata

Sample number: 2028

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-06-07 11:31:49

Modified: 2016-06-07 01:31:49

Abundance distribution

11 species

2 singletons

total count 735

extrapolated richness: 15.3

Fisher's α: 1.835

geometric series k: 0.5442

Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6027

Shannon's H: 1.3283

Good's u: 0.9973

Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.

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Quercus fusiformis	439
Celtis reticulata	80
Diospyros texana	111
Carya illinoinensis	37
Prosopis glandulosa	30
Bumelia lanuginosa	24
Ulmus crassifolia	7
Vachellia farnesiana	3
"Acacia farnesiana"
Condalia hookeri	2
Morus celtidifolia	1
Bumelia celastrina	1

Current reference: Shotwell 1968 (ER 3992)