North Woods (transition community)
Basic information
Sample name: North Woods (transition community)
Sample aka: Iowa State College
Reference: J. M. Aikman and A. W. Smelser. 1938. The structure and environment of forest communities in central Iowa. Ecology 19(1):141-150 [ER 104]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Iowa
County: Ames
Coordinate: 42° 1' N, 94° 39' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "in the original grant to Iowa State College in 1856 by Story and Boone Counties"
coordinate is based on Iowa State University
altitude is for Ames at 42º0'35" N, 93º39'42" W and is from López et al. (2008, Genet Resour Crop Evol)
coordinate is based on Iowa State University
altitude is for Ames at 42º0'35" N, 93º39'42" W and is from López et al. (2008, Genet Resour Crop Evol)
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Altered habitat: fragment
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 30.0
CMT: -12.8
MAP: 812.8
Habitat comments: "A small tract of virgin forest, 30 acres in extent"
CMT, WMT, and MAP are given in the text
CMT, WMT, and MAP are given in the text
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 5
Site area: 0.202
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 148 individuals
Net or trap nights: 0
Size min: 2.0
Basal area status: not stated
Sampling comments: JA: "five one-tenth acre quadrats"
Metadata
Sample no: 249
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-04-05 14:42:29
Modified: 2020-06-05 08:57:41
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
0 singleton
total count 148
geometric series index: 10.7
Fisher's α: 2.11
geometric series k: 0.6921
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7751
Shannon's H: 1.7671
Good's u: 1
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