Beza Mahafaly Reserve (dry soils)
Basic information
Sample name: Beza Mahafaly Reserve (dry soils)
Reference: R. W. Sussman and A. Rakotozafy. 1994. Plant diversity and structural analysis of a tropical dry forest in southwestern Madagascar. Biotropica 26(3):241-254 [ER 45]
Geography
Country: Madagascar
Coordinate: -23° 30' S, 44° 40' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: elevation 100 to 200 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 25.0
WMT: 34.0
MAP: 750.0
Habitat comments: "dry gallery forest"
June-August temperatures "range between 23ºC and 30ºC" but these figures apparently refer to daily highs because MAT is 25; this figure is consistent with the daily min/max range of 17.5/34.8 reported by Crowley et al. (2011)
June-August temperatures "range between 23ºC and 30ºC" but these figures apparently refer to daily highs because MAT is 25; this figure is consistent with the daily min/max range of 17.5/34.8 reported by Crowley et al. (2011)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 25
Site area: 0.2
Sampling methods: line transect
Sample size: 432 individuals
Net or trap nights: 0
Size min: 2.5
Basal area status: not stated
Sampling comments: JA: ten 50 x 2 m quadrats
Metadata
Sample no: 128
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-03-04 16:53:33
Modified: 2014-07-17 06:04:46
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
46 species
12 singletons
total count 430
geometric series index: 78.7
Fisher's α: 13.05
geometric series k: 0.9167
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9408
Shannon's H: 3.1731
Good's u: 0.9722
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