Kimboza Forest
Basic information
Sample name: Kimboza Forest
Reference: D. S. Kacholi. 2013. Floristic composition, diversity and structure of the Kimboza forest in Morogoro Region, Tanzania. Journal of Education, Humanities and Sciences 2(2):84-85 [ER 2501]
Geography
Country: Tanzania
Coordinate: 7° 0' 30" S, 37° 48' 0" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: "in the eastern part of the Uluguru foothills in Morogoro region. It is about 60 km from the Morogoro Municipal"
altitude range 300 to 400 m
altitude range 300 to 400 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 25.1
MAP: 740.0
Habitat comments: "The climate of the Morogoro region is oceanic due to proximity to the Indian Ocean, with bimodal rainfall regime. The long rains last from March to May, peaking in April, and the short rains last from October to December"
climate data are for the "Morogoro region"
climate data are for the "Morogoro region"
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 18
Site area: 0.72
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 281 individuals
Size min: 10
Basal area: 24.36
Sampling comments: "18 plots of 20 x 20m, placed from the forest edge to the forest interior"
Metadata
Sample number: 2784
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-11-17 13:48:53
Modified: 2017-11-17 04:14:31
Abundance distribution
52 species
12 singletons
total count 281
extrapolated richness: 93.6
Fisher's α: 18.766
geometric series k: 0.9316
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9483
Shannon's H: 3.4093
Good's u: 0.9576
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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