Sample name: Lopé Reserve Site 4

Sample aka: Lopé National Park

Reference: L. J. T. White. 1992. Vegetation history and logging disturbance: effects on rain forest in the Lope Reserve, Gabon (with special emphasis on elephants and apes). University of Edinburgh [ER 44]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: selective logging

WMT: 28.0

CMT: 23.6

MAP: 1532.0

Habitat comments: "Consistently low rainfall in July and August constitutes a "major dry season", which is a feature of the annual cycle, although the timing of its onset and its duration varies between years; December to February are generally relatively dry months, but no distinct second dry season can be defined" (p. 11)
1 ha of forest was logged by SOFORGA Logging Consecion 10-15 years before the study
climate data are for the reserve and are from Tutin et al. (1991, Journal of Tropical Ecology)

Life forms: trees

Sites: 1

Site length: 5000

Site width: 1

Sampling methods: line transect

Sample size: 1325 individuals

Years: 1989-1991

Size min: 10

Basal area: 24.76

Sampling comments: basal area for the top 10 species is 185.7 per 5 ha and this makes up 75% of the total; sites are 0.5 ha, so the total is divided by 10

Sample number: 82

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

Created: 2013-02-18 12:04:05

Modified: 2017-11-11 07:40:59