Description
Data on tree occurrence were collected between January 1998 and June 1999 using point-centred quarter plots in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. A total of 21 transects were surveyed, including 14 in tropical rainforests and 7 in abandoned plantations and plantation forest edges as described elsewhere (Raman 2001, Mudappa 2001, Raman and Sukumar 2002, Raman et al. 2005).
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 272 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Raman T R S, Mudappa D (2022): Tree occurrence in point-centred quarter (PCQ) plots in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. v1.1. Nature Conservation Foundation. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=kmtr-trees-pcqdata&v=1.1
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GBIF Registration
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Keywords
Samplingevent; tropical rainforest trees; Agasthyamalai Hills; Western Ghats; abandoned cardamom plantations; logged forest
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Geographic Coverage
This study was carried out in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (8° 25' to 8° 53' N and 77°10' to 77°35' E), Tamil Nadu, at the southern extremity of the Western Ghats mountain range in India. Study transects were established at the intensive study sites located around forest camps at Kannikatti (740 m asl, 8°37' N and 77°16' E), Sengaltheri (1040 m asl, 8°31' N and 77°26' E), and Kakachi (1220 m asl, 8°33' N and 77°24' E) in KMTR. These areas contain rainforests ranging in altitude between 500 m and 1,400 m. A total of 21 transects were surveyed, including 14 in rainforests and 7 in abandoned plantations and plantation forest edges as described elsewhere (Raman 2001, Mudappa 2001, Raman and Sukumar 2002, Raman et al. 2005).
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [8.36, 77.17], North East [8.85, 77.55] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The study focused on trees, which were identified to species as far as possible or at least to Genus, except for a few unidentified individuals.
| Kingdom | Plantae (Plants) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1998-01-01 / 1999-06-30 |
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Project Data
Datasets provided under this project umbrella are based on studies carried out by : (i) T. R. Shankar Raman on rainforest birds as part of doctoral research conducted in the Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (Raman 2001) (ii) Divya Mudappa on small carnivores as part of doctoral research conducted with the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore (Mudappa 2001).
| Title | Ecology and conservation of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve |
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| Identifier | KMTR-project |
| Funding | Raman (2001): Ministry of Environment and Forests, India, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, USA, the Oriental Bird Club (Forktail Leica Award), UK, and the Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore, India. Mudappa (2001): Wildlife Institute of India, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, and Wildlife Conservation Society, India Program. |
| Study Area Description | This study was carried out in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (8° 25' to 8° 53' N and 77°10' to 77°35' E), Tamil Nadu, at the southern extremity of the Western Ghats mountain range in India. Study transects were established at the intensive study sites located around forest camps at Kannikatti (740 m asl, 8°37' N and 77°16' E), Sengaltheri (1040 m asl, 8°31' N and 77°26' E), and Kakachi (1220 m asl, 8°33' N and 77°24' E) in KMTR. These areas contain rainforests ranging in altitude between 500 m and 1,400 m. A total of 21 transects were surveyed, including 14 in rainforests and 7 in abandoned plantations and plantation forest edges. Detailed description of the study area and study sites is available in Raman (2001), Mudappa (2001), and other publications: Raman, T. R. S. 2001. Community ecology and conservation of mid-elevation tropical rainforest bird communities in the southern Western Ghats, India. PhD thesis, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. https://archive.org/details/raman-2001-ph-d-thesis-iisc Mudappa, D. 2001. Ecology of the brown palm civet Paradoxurus jerdoni in the tropical rainforests of the Western Ghats, India. Ph. D. thesis, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. http://hdl.handle.net/10603/101890 Raman, T. R. S., Joshi, N. V. & Sukumar, R. 2005. Tropical rainforest bird community structure in relation to altitude, tree species composition, and null models in the Western Ghats, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 102: 145-157. https://archive.org/details/biostor-151062 Raman, T. R. S. & Sukumar, R. 2002. Responses of tropical rainforest birds to abandoned plantations, edges, and logged forest in the Western Ghats, India. Animal Conservation 5: 201-216. http://doi.org/10.1017/S1367943002002251 |
| Design Description | The study covered 21 sites in total, including: - 14 tropical rainforest sites (T1 to T14 including one site, T7, that was logged rainforest) - 3 abandoned cardamom plantations (P1 to P3) abandoned 5 years earlier, - one abandoned cardamom plantation (P7) abandoned 15 years earlier, - 2 abandoned cardamom plantation and rainforest edges (P4 and P5) - 1 edge of Eucalyptus plantation and rainforest (P6) |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Trees were surveyed along the 21 study transects using the point-centred quarter (PCQ) method. Along each transect, 13 PCQ plots were sampled (12 in the case of site P6), with successive plots spaced 50 m apart, giving a sample of 52 trees per site (48 trees in P6). Trees greater than 30 cm girth at breast height (GBH at 1.3 m) were recorded using the point-centred quarter method (PCQ). Using a tape measure, distance from plot centre to the middle of the bole and GBH were recorded for each tree. All trees in the PCQ plots were identified to species, or in a few cases to genus, using available field guides (Gamble 1935, Pascal and Ramesh 1997).
| Study Extent | This study was carried out in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (8° 25' to 8° 53' N and 77°10' to 77°35' E), Tamil Nadu, at the southern extremity of the Western Ghats mountain range in India. Study transects were established at the intensive study sites located around forest camps at Kannikatti (740 m asl, 8°37' N and 77°16' E), Sengaltheri (1040 m asl, 8°31' N and 77°26' E), and Kakachi (1220 m asl, 8°33' N and 77°24' E) in KMTR. These areas contain rainforests ranging in altitude between 500 m and 1,400 m. A total of 21 transects were surveyed once, including 14 in rainforests and 7 in abandoned plantations and plantation forest edges as described elsewhere (Raman 2001, Mudappa 2001, Raman and Sukumar 2002, Raman et al. 2005). |
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| Quality Control | Data transcribed from field ledgers into worksheets were carefully verified and updated to current taxonomy using the species lookup tool on GBIF. |
Method step description:
- Data were first uploaded to Data Dryad and then were converted to GBIF format using R code. Raman, T. R. S., Mudappa, D. and Jeganathan, P. (2022), Data on bird communities and vegetation in relation to altitude and habitat alteration in the Kalakad - Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India , Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.41ns1rngj
Bibliographic Citations
- Raman, T. R. S., Mudappa, D. and Jeganathan, P. (2022), Data on bird communities and vegetation in relation to altitude and habitat alteration in the Kalakad - Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India , Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.41ns1rngj
- Raman, T. R. S. 2001. Community ecology and conservation of mid-elevation tropical rainforest bird communities in the southern Western Ghats, India. PhD thesis, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. https://archive.org/details/raman-2001-ph-d-thesis-iisc
- Mudappa, D. 2001. Ecology of the brown palm civet Paradoxurus jerdoni in the tropical rainforests of the Western Ghats, India. Ph. D. thesis, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. http://hdl.handle.net/10603/101890
- Raman, T. R. S., Joshi, N. V. & Sukumar, R. 2005. Tropical rainforest bird community structure in relation to altitude, tree species composition, and null models in the Western Ghats, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 102: 145-157. https://archive.org/details/biostor-151062
- Raman, T. R. S. & Sukumar, R. 2002. Responses of tropical rainforest birds to abandoned plantations, edges, and logged forest in the Western Ghats, India. Animal Conservation 5: 201-216. http://doi.org/10.1017/S1367943002002251
Additional Metadata
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| Alternative Identifiers | https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=kmtr-trees-pcqdata |
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