Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary (proximal sites)
Basic information
Sample name: Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary (proximal sites)
Sample aka: Budhipadaga
Reference: U. Shankar, K. S. Murali, R. Uma Shaanker, K. N. Ganeshaiah, and K. S. Bawa. 1998. Extraction of non-timber forest products in the forests of Biligiri Rangan Hills, India. 4. Impact on floristic diversity and population structure in a thorn scrub forest. Economic Botany 52(3):302-315 [ER 2509]
Geography
Country: India
State: Karnataka
Coordinate: 12° 0' N, 77° 8' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "in the southern range of the scrub forest adjoining a human settlement (Budhipadaga)" and specifically "in the proximity of the settlement"
sites are "from 700 to 1200 m"
coordinate based on Biligiriranganatha Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary
sites are "from 700 to 1200 m"
coordinate based on Biligiriranganatha Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary
Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Protection: wildlife protected area
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: selective logging
MAT: 25.3
MAP: 748.0
Habitat comments: "scrub forests... most trees in the forest are in some way economically important" as "non-timber forest products" such as fuelwood and poles used in construction
climate data are for the sanctuary
climate data are for the sanctuary
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sampling methods: belt transect
Sample size: 168 individuals
Years: 1992, 1993
Size min: 10
Basal area: 4.114
Sampling comments: "four transects were sampled from a 2 ha area in the form of four 500 m long and 10 m wide linear transects... Each transect was a continuum of five plots" (apparently meaning contiguous plots)
extraordinarily low basal area figure appears to be correctly computed
extraordinarily low basal area figure appears to be correctly computed
Metadata
Sample number: 2802
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-11-22 10:29:00
Modified: 2017-11-21 23:29:00
Abundance distribution
24 species
9 singletons
total count 168
extrapolated richness: 51.8
Fisher's α: 7.662
geometric series k: 0.8467
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8579
Shannon's H: 2.3704
Good's u: 0.9467
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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