West Usambara Catchment Forest (burnt)
Basic information
Sample name: West Usambara Catchment Forest (burnt)
Sample aka: Magamba Forest Project
Reference: S. M. S. Maliondo, R. E. Malimbwi, R. P. C. Temu, E. Constantine, and E. Zahabu. 2000. Fire impact on population structure and diversity of tree species in West Usambara camphor zone forests. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 12(3):472-481 [ER 2465]
Geography
Country: Tanzania
Coordinate: -4.72° S, 38.25° E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "at West Usambara Catchment Forest, in Magamba Forest Project near Grewal, Lushoto"
coordinate based on Shume-Magamba Forest Reserve
coordinate and altitude are for "Gologolo, Grewal" and are from Laudisoit and Beaucornu (2007, Parasite)
coordinate based on Shume-Magamba Forest Reserve
coordinate and altitude are for "Gologolo, Grewal" and are from Laudisoit and Beaucornu (2007, Parasite)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: recent fire
WMT: 23.0
CMT: 18.0
MAP: 1000.0
Habitat comments: "moist... montane forests"
climate data are for Lukozi Village "north of the Shume Magamba Forest Project" and are from
climate data are for Lukozi Village "north of the Shume Magamba Forest Project" and are from
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 1
Site area: 1.0
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 1045 individuals
Net or trap nights: 0
Size min: 5.0
Basal area status: total is
Basal area: 36.3
Metadata
Sample no: 2739
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-10-15 15:52:39
Modified: 2017-11-07 19:55:38
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
30 species
8 singletons
total count 1045
geometric series index: 46.9
Fisher's α: 5.763
geometric series k: 0.8153
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8065
Shannon's H: 2.1578
Good's u: 0.9923
Register
| Ocotea usambarensis | 373 | |
| Croton sp. | 171 | |
| Trichocladus ellipticus | 186 | |
| Ptaeroxylon obliquum | 6 | |
| Cyathea manniana | 21 | |
| Myrsine melanophloeos | 40 | |
| "Rapanea melanophloeos" | ||
| Dialiopsis africana | 6 | |
| Bersama abyssinica | 1 | |
| Ilex mitis | 3 | |
| Cussonia spicata | 1 | |
| Podocarpus usambarensis | 12 | |
| Markhamia hildebrandtii | 22 | |
| Polyscias fulva | 28 | |
| Syzygium guineense | 48 | |
| Celtis durandii | 3 | |
| Ficalhoa laurifolia | 1 | |
| Searsia natalensis | 15 | |
| "Rhus natalensis" | ||
| Mussaenda arcuata | 2 | |
| Unknown indet. 1 | 18 | |
| Maytenus acuminata | 17 | |
| Spirostachys africana | 17 | |
| Premna chrysoclada | 9 | |
| Dasylepis leptophylla | 1 | |
| Sapium ellipticum | 6 | |
| Psilotrichum africanum | 32 | |
| Erythrococca fischeri | 2 | |
| Unknown indet. 2 | 1 | |
| Maesa lanceolata | 1 | |
| Commiphora zimmermannii | 1 | |
| Clutia mollis | 1 | |