Kahuzi-Biega National Park (swamp)
Basic information
Sample name: Kahuzi-Biega National Park (swamp)
Reference: J. Yamagiwa, A. K. Basabose, K. P. Kaleme, and T. Yumoto. 2008. Phenology of fruits consumed by a sympatric population of gorillas and chimpanzees in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. African Study Monographs 39:3-22 [ER 95]
Geography
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
State: Kivu
Coordinate: -2.16° S, 28.65° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Geography comments: "The study area covers about 30 km2 along the eastern border of the park at an altitude of 2,050–2,350 m"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical wetland
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 20.1
WMT: 20.6
CMT: 19.3
MAP: 1660.0
Dry months: 3
Habitat comments: JA: WMT and CMT measured off of graph in Yamagiwa and Basabose 2006
rainfall is consistently around or below 50 mm/mo during June, July, and August, which are the cold months, but otherwise always over 100 mm/mo (Yamagiwa and Basabose 2006)
rainfall is consistently around or below 50 mm/mo during June, July, and August, which are the cold months, but otherwise always over 100 mm/mo (Yamagiwa and Basabose 2006)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 1
Site length: 618
Site width: 20
Sampling methods: belt transect
Sample size: 10 individuals
Years: 1994-2002
Days: 30
Size min: 10
Basal area: 0.3148
Sampling comments: Results are reported as No/ha (Table Appendix 1, p. 21-22). n specimens=10ha*No/ha.
Metadata
Sample number: 235
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-03-25 11:15:10
Modified: 2018-06-03 02:35:19
Abundance distribution
5 species
4 singletons
total count 10
geometric series index: 30.0
Fisher's α: 3.980
geometric series k: 0.6389
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5556
Shannon's H: 1.2275
Good's u: 0.6000
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