Beech-Podocarp Forest (below 150 ft)
Basic information
Sample name: Beech-Podocarp Forest (below 150 ft)
Reference: G. T. S. Baylis and A. F. Mark. 1963. Vegetation studies on Secretary Island. Part 4. Composition of the beech-podocarp forest. New Zealand Journal of Botany 1(2):203-207 [ER 15]
Geography
Country: New Zealand
State: Fiordland
Coordinate: 45° 16' S, 167° 2' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "below 15 ft. a.s.l."
coordinate based on map in Baylis et al. (1963, New Zealand Journal of Botany 1:167-170)
coordinate based on map in Baylis et al. (1963, New Zealand Journal of Botany 1:167-170)
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 10.0
MAP: 3810.0
Habitat comments: "the mean annual temperature is close to 50ºF, with monthly means deviating from this value by less than 8ºF, and the mean annual rainfall is likely to be more than 150 in., spread evenly throughout the year" (Baylis et al. 1963, New Zealand Journal of Botany 1:167-170)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Site area: 0.405
Sample size: 240 individuals
Size min: 4
Sampling comments: The sampling was carried out by the quarter method of Cottam and Curtis (1956). The quarter method derives an assessment of the number of individuals per unit area from measurements of distance to the nearest specimen in each compass quadrant at a series of random points.
Number of individuals is measured in 1 acre (0.405 ha)
Number of individuals is measured in 1 acre (0.405 ha)
Metadata
Sample number: 53
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-02-12 11:22:55
Modified: 2017-11-11 23:19:59
Abundance distribution
6 species
0 singletons
total count 240
geometric series index: 6.2
Fisher's α: 1.116
geometric series k: 0.7057
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7821
Shannon's H: 1.6463
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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