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Dipterocarp genera<br />

Shorea sp<br />

Dipterocarpus sp<br />

Vatica sp<br />

Parashorea sp<br />

Hopea sp<br />

Dryobalanops sp<br />

Anisoptera sp<br />

Cotylelobium sp<br />

Figure 2: Genera abundance of the Dipterocarpaceae - mean of 48 ha<br />

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10<br />

Accumulative no. of species<br />

600<br />

500<br />

400<br />

300<br />

200<br />

100<br />

0<br />

Importance value index<br />

Figure 3: Species-area curve<br />

1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47<br />

ha surveyed<br />

Although the standard deviations are<br />

rather high, indicating high variability<br />

within the sampled plots, the low<br />

standard errors demonstrate they are<br />

representative of overall findings, due<br />

to the high number of replications, n<br />

= 48 (table 1).<br />

Table 1: Species richness<br />

Per ha N Min Max Mean Std.<br />

Error<br />

Std.<br />

Deviation<br />

Total<br />

48 110 198<br />

species<br />

154.65 3.35 23.44<br />

Total<br />

trees<br />

48 417 700 530.75 10.33 71.55<br />

This is also confirmed by the species-area curve. The asymptote is reached with >20 ha of<br />

sampling (figure 3):<br />

4

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