Patterns of species dominance, diversity and dispersion in ‘Khasi hill sal’ forest ecosystem in northeast India

Forest Ecosystems

Table 4 Number of species, density and basal area in dispersion categories based on inventory of individuals ≥ 10 cm girth in ‘Khasi hill sal’ forest of Meghalaya

Species group	Species		Species in dispersion categories				Density		Basal area
Species group	(#)	(%)	Uniform	Random	Clumped	Obscure	(ha⁻¹)	(%)	(m² · ha⁻¹)	(%)
Large trees	29	23.6	14	0	7	8	452.5	58.9	11.59	74.1
Medium trees	36	29.2	16	0	9	11	193.8	25.2	3.07	19.6
Small trees	46	37.4	27	0	6	13	100.4	13.1	0.88	5.6
Shrubs	5	4.1	2	0	0	3	4.6	0.6	0.02	0.1
Climbers	7	5.7	4	0	1	2	16.4	2.2	0.09	0.6
All species	123	100.0	63	0	23	37	767.7	100.0	15.65	100.0