Species Diversity and Tree Regeneration Patterns in Tropical Forests of the Western Ghats, India

Table 4

Vegetation parameters of forest communities in the tropics of India and other countries.

Forest types	Location	Plot size (ha)	Tree girth studied (cm)	Tree density; (no./ha)	Tree basal area (m^2/ha)	Shannon index	References
Present study
DECI	Western Ghats (NBR)	4 ha	≥30 cm	132	23.4	2.79	Present study
SEMI	“	4 ha	≥30 cm	368	45.7	3.67	“
EVER	“	4 ha	≥30 cm	485	48.0	3.34	“
WOOD	“	3 ha	≥30 cm	39	0.69	2.21	“
SUBM	“	4 ha	≥30 cm	390	36.5	3.26	“
MONT	“	4 ha	≥30 cm	855	30.9	3.21	“
India
Evergreen forests	Silent valley, Western Ghat	—	≥31.5	620–709	29–103	—	[6]
Moist deciduous forests	Peppara, WGhats	—	≥30	590–740	13–51	2–3.3	[7]
Moist deciduous forests	Chimmony, Western Ghats	—	≥30	558	37	1.9–2.4	[8]
Semievergreen forests	Peppara, Western Ghats	—	≥30	670–940	45–62	2.9	[7]
Semievergreen forests	Chimmony, Western Ghats	—	≥30	728	47	2.7–3.2	[8]
Scrub jungle to wet evergreen forests	Kalakkad R.F., Western Ghats	0.2	>20	320–1260	18–107	—	[9]
Evergreen forests	Karnataka	0.44	—	446–1386	33–48	—	[10]
Evergreen forests	Peppara	—	≥30	860–1370	76	3.3	[7]
Evergreen forests	Nelliampathi, Western Ghats	—	≥30	—	49.8	3–3.7	[11]
Dry tropical forests	Vindhya region	—	>30	294–559	7–23	—	[12]
Dry evergreen forests	Puthupet Sacred Grove, Coromandel coast	0.2	>20	280	11	—	[13]
Tropical wet evergreen forests	Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats	0.50	>30	315–418	54–84	—	[14]
Tropical wet evergreen forests	Kodayar, Western Ghats	0.50	>30	352–1173	28–81	—	[15]
Subtropical hill forests	Peppara. Western Ghats	—	≥30	1580–1930	27–34	2.7	[7]
Montane temperate forests	Mannavan shola	—	≥30	566	52	3.99	[16]
Other countries
Tropical rain forests (young forests)	Barrow Colorado Island, Panama	5	>18	84–171	2.6–5.2	—	[17]
Tropical rain forests; (old forests)	Barrow Colorado Island, Panama	50	>18	143–177	4.3–5	—	[18]
Tropical rain forests	Amazonia	3	31.4	1420	28–68	—	[19]
Equatorial insular forests	Eastern Carolline Island, Panama	50	>31.4	98–114	17	—	[20]
Tropical rain forests	Jungka Reserve, Malaysia	11	91	104	23	—	[21]
Tropical rain forests	Gunung Silam, Malaysia	0.04	31.4	513–1596	23–46	—	[22]
Tropical moist forests	Singapore	0.4	>6.3	604	—	—	[23]
Tropical rain forests	Valcan Barva, Costa Rica	6	>31.4	391–617	—	—	[24]
Slope forests	New Caledonia	2.8	>31.4	1533	49	—	[25]
Alluvium forests	New Caledonia	2.6	>31.4	1183	47	—	[25]
Equatorial forests	Kongo Island	—	—	440–553	10–45	—	[26]
Tropical rain forests	Amazonia	3	>31.4	1720	78	—	[19]
Tropical seasonal rain forests	Xishuangbanna, China	2500 m^2	15	154	—	3.4	[27]
Tropical montane rain forests	Xishuangbanna, China	1600 m^2	15	123	—	3.2	[27]
Evergreen broad leaved forests	Xishuangbanna, China	1200 m^2	15	165	—	2.5	[27]
Monsoon forests	Xishuangbanna, China	400 m^2	10	150	—	1.6	[27]

“Study conducted in 6 different vegetation types of Western Ghats (NBR).