Los Tuxtlas
Basic information
Sample name: Los Tuxtlas

Reference: F. Bongers, J. Popma, J. Meave del Castillo, and J. Carabias. 1988. Structure and floristic composition of the lowland rain forest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Vegetatio 74(1):55-80 [ER 38]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: Veracruz


Coordinate: 18° 32' N, 95° 6' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: coordinate given in various other sources
altitude of the plot itself is 140 to 165 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: biosphere reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 24.6

WMT: 32.8

CMT: 16.4

MAP: 4639.0

Habitat comments: lowland rain forest
precipitation per month is never less than 100 mm

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 1

Site area: 1

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 356 individuals

Years: 1983 - 1986

Size min: 10

Basal area: 34.9

Metadata
Sample number: 115

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

Created: 2013-02-28 16:45:56

Modified: 2020-01-14 10:14:39

Abundance distribution
86 species
36 singletons
total count 356
geometric series index: 216.4
Fisher's α: 36.028
geometric series k: 0.9535
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9452
Shannon's H: 3.6586
Good's u: 0.8992
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Spondias radlkoferi5
Annonaceae indet.1
Cymbopetalum baillonii22
Forsteronia viridescens1
Sapranthus microcarpus4
Aspidosperma megalocarpon2
Dendropanax arboreus21
Stemmadenia donnellsmithii7
Eupatorium sp. 11
Bernoullia flammea1
Quararibea funebris2
Quararibea guatemalteca1
Cordia megalantha1
Cordia stellifera3
Bursera simaruba2
Capparis baduca1
Crataeva tapia2
Liabum discolor1
Callichlamys latifolia2
Dichapetalum donnellsmithii1
Erythroxylum tabascense1
Croton schiedeanus8
Omphalea oleifera1
Sapium nitidum1
Pleuranthodendron lindenii6
Lunania mexicana1
Lauraceae indet. 011
Lauraceae indet. 021
Rheedia edulis4
Mappia longipes1
Nectandra sp. 011
Inga n. sp.1
Machaerium floribundum4
Heteropteris laurifolia1
Nectandra ambigens42
Trichilia martiana5
Ocotea dendrodaphne4
Abuta panamensis1
Ficus aff. cotinifolia1
Albizia purpusii1
Cynometra retusa2
Dialium guianense3
Dussia mexicana2
Paullinia costaricensis1
Myriocarpa longipes1
Lonchocarpus cruentus1
Lonchocarpus guatemalensis3
Pithecellobium arboreum1
Pterocarpus rohrii2
Vatairea lundellii3
Robinsonella mirandae1
Guarea bijuga2
Guarea glabra13
Guarea grandifolia4
Brosimum alicastrum2
Cecropia obtusifolia2
Clarisia biflora2
Ficus colubrinae3
Ficus insipida2
Poulsenia armata8
Pseudolmedia oxyphyllaria57
Trophis mexicana5
Eugenia sp. 021
Eugenia sp. 031
Neea psychotrioides1
Piper amalago2
Coccoloba barbadensis1
Faramea occidentalis8
Psychotria chagrensis1
Psychotria faxlucens2
Psychotria simiarum8
Zanthoxylum kellermanii1
Allophylus campostachis5
Sapindus saponaria2
Dipholis minutiflora3
Pouteria campechiana2
Pouteria durlandii4
Pouteria sp.1
Turpinia occidentalis5
Mortoniodendron guatemalense6
Trichospermum mexicanum2
Ampelocera hottlei2
Aegiphila costaricensis2
Orthion oblanceolatum7
Rinorea guatemalensis1
Vochysia guatemalensis1