Gola Forest
Basic information
Sample name: Gola Forest
Sample aka: The Gola Forest Reserve
Reference: N. H. Ayodele Cole. 1980. The Gola Forest in Sierra Leone: a remnant primary tropical rain-forest in need of conservation. Environmental Conservation 7(1):33-40 [ER 24]
Geography
Country: Sierra Leone
Coordinate: 8° 38' 30" N, 11° 8' 30" W
Latlng basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: coordinate is midpoint of ranges given in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: selective logging
MAT: 27.4
MAP: 2461.0
Habitat comments: JA: a stand of "virgin rain-forest" with logging in the general area; fragment size unclear
climate data are for Tongo and are from Fairbarin and Robertson (1966, Clay Minerals); MAT is based on daily min/max of 69.3 and 93.4ยบ F
climate data are for Tongo and are from Fairbarin and Robertson (1966, Clay Minerals); MAT is based on daily min/max of 69.3 and 93.4ยบ F
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 3
Site area: 0.223
Sampling methods: belt transect
Sample size: 104 individuals
Years: 1971
Days: 3
Net or trap nights: 0
Size min: 30.0
Basal area status: total is
Basal area: 17.95
Metadata
Sample no: 98
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-02-25 11:16:37
Modified: 2015-02-22 23:31:06
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
34 species
17 singletons
total count 104
geometric series index: 91.0
Fisher's α: 17.583
geometric series k: 0.9231
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9403
Shannon's H: 3.1398
Good's u: 0.8365
Register
| Diospyros heudelotii | 10 | |
| Vitex micrantha | 3 | |
| Diospyros gabunensis | 8 | |
| "Diospyros gabonensis" | ||
| Xylopia quintasii | 4 | |
| Dialium pobeguinii | 3 | |
| Corynanthe pachyceras | 3 | |
| Tieghemella heckelii | 1 | |
| Bussea occidentalis | 3 | |
| Enantia polycarpa | 5 | |
| Octoknema borealis | 3 | |
| Heritiera utilis | 10 | |
| Newtonia duparquetiana | 1 | |
| Acoia scabrifolia | 1 | |
| Protomegabaria stapfiana | 14 | |
| Hymenocardia heudelotii | 1 | |
| Garcinia afzelii | 1 | |
| Lophira alata | 1 | |
| Dialium dinklagei | 3 | |
| Diospyros elliotii | 1 | |
| Mammea africana | 1 | |
| Family indet. No. 1 | 1 | |
| Family indet. No. 2 | 5 | |
| Gilbertiodendron preussi | 4 | |
| Anthonotha fragrans | 1 | |
| Family indet. No. 3 | 1 | |
| Sacoglottis gabonensis | 3 | |
| Tetrapleura tetraptera | 3 | |
| Ouratea flava | 1 | |
| Calpocalyx aubrevillei | 3 | |
| Tetracera spp. | 1 | |
| Family indet. No. 4 | 1 | |
| Family indet. No. 5 | 1 | |
| Klainedoxa gabonensis | 1 | |
| Oldfieldia africana | 1 | |