Okomu Forest Reserve Sample Plot 3
Basic information
Sample name: Okomu Forest Reserve Sample Plot 3

Reference: P. W. Richards. 1939. Ecological studies on the rain forest of southern Nigeria: I. The structure and floristic composition of the primary forest. Journal of Ecology 27(1):1-61 [ER 2]
Geography
Country: Nigeria

State: Edo


Coordinate: 6.3° N, 5.2° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Geography comments: "immediately surrounding Nikrowa (also written Nikorowa, Onikrowa, etc.) Camp... on a small river in the south-east of the reserve, about 2 miles (3 km.) west of the Osse"
altitude of the reserve is "little above sea-level" to "about 250 ft." based on Jones (1955, Journal of Ecology)
located in the former state of Benin, now in Edo

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: forest reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 25.5

MART: 3.0

MAP: 2080.0

Dry months: 3

Habitat comments: the dry season comprises December, January and February

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 2

Site area: 1.486

Sampling methods: belt transect

Sample size: 265 individuals

Seasons: dry

Size min: 4

Sampling comments: JA: two plots, one 400 x 300 ft and the other 400 x 100 ft

Metadata
Sample number: 8

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2013-01-23 14:12:27

Modified: 2017-11-11 09:21:46

Abundance distribution
50 species
21 singletons
total count 265
geometric series index: 117.7
Fisher's α: 18.225
geometric series k: 0.9181
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8931
Shannon's H: 2.9796
Good's u: 0.9210
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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