Bontioli Nature Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Bontioli Nature Reserve
Reference: M. Qasim, S. Porembski, D. Sattler, K. Stein, A. Thiombiano, and A. Lindner. 2016. Vegetation structure and carbon stocks of two protected areas within the south-Sudanian savannas of Burkina Faso. Environments 3(4(25)):1-16 [ER 2459]
Geography
Country: Burkina Faso
Coordinate: 10° 52' N, 3° 6' W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Geography comments: "The highest altitude... has been recorded as 350 m asl and the lowest altitude as 250 m asl"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Protection: nature reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 27.1
MAP: 950.0
Habitat comments: "The rainfall varies between 900 and 1000 mm per year... The rainy season ranges from May to October and the dry season spans from November to April"
habitats included "(i) woodland savanna; (ii) tree savanna; (iii) shrub savanna; and (iv) gallery forest" and five plots were located in each one
habitats included "(i) woodland savanna; (ii) tree savanna; (iii) shrub savanna; and (iv) gallery forest" and five plots were located in each one
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 20
Site area: 0.8
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 282 individuals
Size min: 5
Basal area: 1.78
Sampling comments: "The plots were square-shaped and had a size of 20 m × 20 m"
Metadata
Sample number: 2730
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-10-14 10:08:50
Modified: 2017-10-13 23:08:50
Abundance distribution
23 species
3 singletons
total count 282
extrapolated richness: 32.4
Fisher's α: 5.922
geometric series k: 0.8395
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9059
Shannon's H: 2.6284
Good's u: 0.9894
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Current reference:
Huckleberry et al. 2001 (ER 3215)