Varagalaira
Basic information
Sample name: Varagalaira

Sample aka: Gandhi Wildlife sanctuary and National Park

Reference: N. Ayyappan and N. Parthasarathy. 1999. Biodiversity inventory of trees in a large-scale permanent plot of tropical evergreen forest at Varagalaiar, Anamalais, Western Ghats, India. Biodiversity and Conservation 8(11):1533-1544 [ER 56]
Geography
Country: India

State: Tamil Nadu


County: Coimbatore


Coordinate: 10° 25' N, 76° 52' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: The study site is situated about 100 km south of Coimbatore town
elevation 600 to 660 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: wildlife protected area

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 36.4

CMT: 18.3

MAP: 3523.0

Habitat comments: JA: CMT/WMT are for the Coimbatore District and MAP is for Anamalai (Rathod and Aruchamy 2010)

Methods
Life forms: trees

Sites: 1

Site length: 600

Site width: 500

Sampling methods: line transect,quadrat

Sample size: 13386 individuals

Years: 1997-1998

Size min: 30

Basal area: 36.36

Sampling comments: Size of trees starts at 30 cm girth at breast height (p. 1536)

Metadata
Sample number: 150

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

Created: 2013-03-07 12:38:15

Modified: 2014-07-15 23:39:29

Abundance distribution
148 species
13 singletons
total count 13386
geometric series index: 179.3
Fisher's α: 23.286
geometric series k: 0.9519
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9655
Shannon's H: 3.9258
Good's u: 0.9990
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Drypetes longifolia1404
Reinwardtiodendron anamallayanum1058
Poeciloneuron indicum699
Fahrenheitia zeylanica627
Dipterocarpus indicus539
Dimocarpus longan437
Knema attenuata402
Palaquium ellipticum393
Myristica dactyloides373
Baccaurea courtallensis367
Cleidion spiciflorum365
Aglaia elaeagnoidea349
Orophea erythrocarpa326
Monoon fragrans315
"Polyalthia fragrans"
Vateria indica305
Croton malabaricus288
Syzygium densiflorum286
Dimorphocalyx beddomei191
Flacourtia montana181
Vitex altissima181
"Vitex altissma"
Calophyllum polyanthum144
Diospyros sylvatica138
Cyclostemon subsessilis132
Aglaia lawii129
"Aglaia jainii"
Bischofia javanica126
Aphanamixis polystachya122
Aporosa cardiosperma122
"Aporosa lindleyana"
Hydnocarpus pentandra121
Vepris bilocularis120
Margaritaria indica103
Chionanthus malaelengi102
Holigarna beddomei96
Phoebe lanceolata93
Diospyros buxifolia92
Casearia esculenta90
Sageraea dalzellii88
Chrysophyllum roxburghii87
Hopea parviflora84
Nothopegia racemosa78
Syzygium hemisphericum74
Garcinia morella73
Prismatomeris albidiflora73
Cinnamomum malabatrum72
Mesua ferrea59
Terminalia bellirica59
Schleichera oleosa57
Cyathocalyx zeylanicus55
Dysoxylum malabaricum53
Machilus glaucescens53
"Persea macrantha"
Canthium dicoccum51
Harpullia arborea51
Canarium strictum48
Mangifera indica48
Artocarpus hirsutus44
Filicium decipiens43
Mastixia arborea38
Elaeocarpus serratus37
Olea dioica37
Prunus ceylanica36
Antidesma menasu35
Dillenia pentagyna34
Mallotus philippensis34
Turpinia malabarica33
Zanthoxylum rhetsa33
Memecylon malabaricum32
Carallia brachiata31
Cryptocarya wightiana31
"Cryptocarya bourdillonii"
Family indet. 131
Litsea floribunda30
Terminalia crenulata30
Artocarpus gomezianus29
Ficus nervosa29
Garcinia talbotii29
Macaranga peltata29
Artocarpus heterophyllus28
Terminalia paniculata27
Actinodaphne tadulingamii25
Isonandra perrottetiana25
Cordia obliqua22
Stereospermum colais22
Garcinia gummigutta21
Diospyros bourdillonii20
Lagerstroemia microcarpa20
Litsea coriacea20
Bombax ceiba19
Cassia fistula19
Excoecaria oppositifolia crenulata19
"Excoecaria robusta"
Chukrasia tabularis17
Firmiana colorata17
Alstonia scholaris16
Cullenia exarillata15
Pterospermum reticulatum14
Antiaris toxicaria12
Homalium ceylanicum12
"Homalium zeylanicum"
Ormosia travancorica12
Symplocos cochinchinensis11
Celtis philippensis10
Phyllanthus emblica10
Spondias pinnata10
Tabernaemontana heyneana10
Tectona grandis10
Ficus callosa9
Cassine glauca8
Toona hexandra8
"Toona ciliata"
Trichilia connaroides8
Beilschmiedia wightii7
Glochidion ellipticum84
Mitragyna parvifolia7
Diospyros montana6
Oreocnide integrifolia6
Dysoxylum ficiforme5
Ficus tsjahela5
Miliusa wightiana5
Xanthophyllum flavescens5
Tetrameles nudiflora4
Aphananthe cuspidata3
Apodytes dimidiata3
Canthium rheedii3
Clausena indica3
Drypetes wightii3
Euodia lunuankenda3
Ficus beddomei3
Ficus talbotii3
Litsea oleoides3
Pithecellobium gracile3
Xylosma latifolium3
Acronychia pedunculata2
Antidesma alexiteria2
Cinnamomum macrocarpum2
Dalbergia latifolia2
Holigarna nigra2
Mallotus beddomei2
Mimusops elengi2
Symplocos macrophylla2
Agrostistachys borneensis1
Ardisia pauciflora1
Casearia graveolens1
Grewia tiliifolia1
"Grewia tiliaefolia"
Meliosma pinnata1
Meliosma simplicifolia1
Neolitsea pallens1
"Neolitsea scrobiculata"
Otonephelium stipulaceum1
Pajanelia longifolia1
Pavetta indica1
Pittosporum tetraspermum1
Pterygota alata1
Sterculia guttata1
Family indet. 210