Beza Mahafaly Reserve (unfenced)
Basic information
Sample name: Beza Mahafaly Reserve (unfenced)

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

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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)

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 25

Site area: 0.05

Sampling methods: line transect

Sample size: 197 individuals

Net or trap nights: 0

Size min: 2.5

Basal area status: not stated

Sampling comments: JA: five 50 x 2 m quadrats

Metadata
Sample no: 129

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

Created: 2013-03-04 18:12:26

Modified: 2014-07-17 06:04:41

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
31 species
7 singletons
total count 197
geometric series index: 54.0
Fisher's α: 10.339
geometric series k: 0.8789
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8957
Shannon's H: 2.7806
Good's u: 0.9647
Register
Marsdenia cordifolia 3
Marsdenia verrucosa 3
Rhigozum madagascariense 3
"Rhigozum madagascariensis"
Ehretia sp. 4
Commiphora brevicalyx 0
Commiphora grandifolia 7
Commiphora simplicifolia 1
Cadaba virgata 2
Creteva excelsa 14
Physena sessiflora 4
Euphorbia tirucalli 1
Fluggea obovata 11
Gyrocarpus americanus
Acacia rovumae 3
Dichrostachys tenuifolia 4
Tamarindus indica 1
Quivisianthe papinae 1
Noronhia sp. 6
Talinella dauphinensis 3
Scutia myrtina 1
Gardenia sp. 3
Hymenodictyon sp. 1
Tarenna pruinosum 28
Azima tetracantha 47
Salvadora angustifolia 3
Rhopalocarpus lucidus 2
Grewia grevei 7
Grewia sp. 1 4
Grewia sp. 3 3
Grewia sp. indet. 2
Clerodondron sp. 2