Rio Cachoeira Natural Reserve (>100 years)
Basic information
Sample name: Rio Cachoeira Natural Reserve (>100 years)

Reference: K. Geronazzo Martins, M. C. M. Marques, E. dos Santos, and R. Marques. 2015. Effects of soil conditions on the diversity of tropical forests across a successional gradient. Forest Ecology and Management 349:4-11 [ER 1124]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Paranâ


Coordinate: 25° 18' 51" S, 48° 42' 24" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "in the municipality of Antonina... The reserve covers an area of 8600 ha"
altitude sea level to 540 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 21.0

MAP: 2500.0

Habitat comments: "a Cfa climate according to the Köppen classification, defined as being subtropical humid mesothermal" with "no dry season"
secondary forest at least 100 years old that was "subjected on to low-impact selective logging in the past" (i.e., effectively old growth)
MAT 20 to 22, MAP 2000 to 3000 mm

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 3

Site area: 0.3

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 422 individuals

Size min: 4.8

Sampling comments: "three independently distributed replicates (~1000 m apart)" with each consisting of "a 1000-m2 (10 x 100 m)"
basal area is discussed and illustrated in graphs but no figures are given

Metadata
Sample number: 1644

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-06-18 11:58:41

Modified: 2015-06-18 01:58:41

Abundance distribution
78 species
25 singletons
total count 422
geometric series index: 155.3
Fisher's α: 28.132
geometric series k: 0.9535
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9618
Shannon's H: 3.7331
Good's u: 0.9409
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Alchornea glandulosa1
Alchornea triplinervia6
Alibertia sp.2
Allophylus edulis1
Amaioua guianensis1
Annona sp.1
Annona squamosa1
Astrocaryum aculeatissimum2
Bathysa australis4
Brosimum lactescens3
Cabralea canjerana1
Calyptranthes lucida3
Calyptranthes sp.3
Campomanesia neriiflora1
Cariniana estrellensis1
Casearia sylvestris3
Cecropia pachystachya4
Cedrela fissilis2
Coussapoa microcarpa1
Cryptocarya moschata6
Cupania oblongifolia4
Eugenia burkartiana9
Eugenia candolleana3
Eugenia cerasiflora3
Eugenia multicostata1
Eugenia multiflora3
Eugenia uniflora1
Eugenia sp.39
Euterpe edulis38
Ficus insipida1
Gallesia integrifolia3
Garcinia gardneriana18
Guapira opposita2
Guarea macrophylla3
Hieronyma alchorneoides3
"Hyeronima alchorneoides"
Ilex theezans2
Ilex edulis1
Inga vera1
Magnolia ovata11
Maprounea brasiliensis2
Marlierea obscura2
Marlierea reitzii1
Marlierea ferruginosa3
"Marlierea silvatica"
Marlierea tomentosa5
Matayba guianensis3
Miconia cabucu2
Mollinedia schottiana10
Myrcia pulchra12
Myrcia spectabilis1
Myrcia splendens6
Myrtaceae indet.8
Nectandra reticulata1
Ocotea aciphylla5
Ocotea catharinensis21
Ocotea laxa2
Ocotea odorifera1
Ocotea tristis2
Pachystroma longifolium2
Pera glabrata1
Phytolacca dioica1
Posoqueria latifolia6
Pourouma guianensis3
Pouteria torta1
Pouteria venosa10
Protium kleinii1
Prunus myrtifolia4
Psychotria sp.7
Psychotria nuda6
Psychotria suterella27
Pterocarpus rohrii1
Quiina glazovii12
Rudgea jasminoides27
Sloanea garkeana15
Tabernaemontana catharinensis1
"Tabernaemontana catherinensis"
Tetrorchidium rubrivenium4
Angiospermae indet. 14
Virola bicuhyba8
Vitex polygama1