Sylvania Recreation Area (uncut)
Basic information
Sample name: Sylvania Recreation Area (uncut)
Sample aka: Northern-Hardwoods forests
Reference: D. A. Albert and B. V. Barnes. 1987. Effects of clearcutting on the vegetation and soil of a sugar maple-dominated ecosystem, western Upper Michigan. Forest Ecology and Management 18:283-298 [ER 34]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Michigan
County: Gogebic
Coordinate: 46° 13' 30" N, -89° 17' 0" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Protection: other protected area
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: selective logging
MAT: 4.3
WMT: 18.3
CMT: -10.9
MAP: 864.0
Habitat comments: millions of hectares of second-growth, northern hardwoods forests in this region are the result of commercial clearcutting that occurred in the first half of this century, beginning about 1900 (p. 284)
The ecosystem is dominated by sugar maple in the overstory (p. 285)
JA: the recreation area covers 8500 ha
JA: MAT 4.3 (Fujinuma et al. 2005) WMT 65.0 F CMT 12.4 F (NWS data for Marquette)
The ecosystem is dominated by sugar maple in the overstory (p. 285)
JA: the recreation area covers 8500 ha
JA: MAT 4.3 (Fujinuma et al. 2005) WMT 65.0 F CMT 12.4 F (NWS data for Marquette)
Methods
Life forms: trees
Sites: 8
Site area: 0.36
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 1257 individuals
Net or trap nights: 0
Size min: 1.5
Basal area status: per ha is
Basal area: 41.3
Sampling comments: JA: two 15 x 30 m plots each in four areas
Metadata
Sample no: 110
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-02-28 13:19:48
Modified: 2020-01-14 09:31:12
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
6 species
0 singleton
total count 887
geometric series index: 6.3
Fisher's α: 0.865
geometric series k: 0.4714
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.3119
Shannon's H: 0.7025
Good's u: 1
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