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Monitoring Forest Vegetation and Carbon Change in the Upper Guinea Forest (UGF) - Gola Rainforest National Park, Outamba Kilimi National Park

Citation

Nsanyi Sainge M (2024). Monitoring Forest Vegetation and Carbon Change in the Upper Guinea Forest (UGF) - Gola Rainforest National Park, Outamba Kilimi National Park. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/j7x2w6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-23.

Description

This database is a combination of sets of Plant data generated in the Upper Guinea Forest specifically in the Gola Rainforest National Park, Outamba Kilimi National Park and in fallows (buffer zones) of these protected areas. All sample sites of this database are in Sierra Leone. The timeline for this database was planned for September 2022 to October 2024. This project was funded by USAID through Tetra Tech/West Africa Biodiversity and Low Emission Development and implemented by Reptile and Amphibian Program Sierra Leone (RAP-SL), under a project titled: “Building Capacity to Monitor Forest Vegetation and Carbon Change in the Upper Guinea Forest through Permanent Sample Plots”. This project is controlled and managed under project number: WABiLED-G-003-RAP-SL. At the Gola Rainforest National Park, two one-hectare permanent plots were sampled at the lowland forest and at Outamba Kilimi National Park, two one-hectare permanent plots were also sampled at a dry savanna and gallery forest. All plots, followed Forest Plots methodology (www.forestplots.net). Plot sizes were square of 100 x 100 m and Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude and elevation) of all plots were recorded at the four corners of each plot. Plots were selected based on physical and human factors like climate, altitude, slopes, and degree of forest used. All plots were in well managed protected areas. Plot data was replicated independently using quadrants. Diameter of all trees in each plot (DBH ≥ 10 cm (100 mm) were recorded with the help of a diameter tape. Tree height of 60 trees, ten trees per diameter class were measured DBH 10 – 20 cm, 21 – 30 cm, 31 – 40 cm, 41 – 50 cm, 51 – 60 cm and >60 cm with the help of a Forestry Pro II Rangefinder. Specimens of doubtful species were collected, press, dried and identified at the National Herbarium of Sierra Leone using matching specimens in the herbarium, floras and monographs (Hawthorne and Jongkind, 2006, Hawthorne and Gyakari, 2006, Hutchinson, J., Dalziel et al., 1954-1972). Specimens for well-known species were not collected. In the field, specimens were identified by a Botanist (Moses N. Sainge) and in the herbarium by Moses and herbarium staff of the National Herbarium at the Njala University campus. Taxonomy identification followed Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) IV (2016) and the African Plant database (version 4.0.0, http://africanplantdatabase.ch.>). The current database is based on plot surveys, morphospecies identification, physical specimens and observations. In all, a total of 3059 occurrence records are presented in this database, accounting to two classes, 17 orders, 47 families, 148 genera and 235 species. Data was collected at 13 sites: in three protected areas and ten non-protected areas in fallows. One grassland savanna (Outamba Kilimi), one lowland (Gola rainforest) forest, four young fallows of 5 – 7 years old and five old fallows of 10 – 15 years were sampled.
This database will be hosted by GBIF South Africa, published by Reptile and Amphibian Program Sierra Leone (RAP-SL), and will be made available to Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) portal for visibility.

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Clusiaceae
    rank: family
  2. Santalales
    rank: order
  3. Hypericaceae
    rank: family
  4. Lamiaceae
    rank: family
  5. Gentianaceae
    rank: family
  6. Malvaceae
    rank: family
  7. saxifragales
    rank: order
  8. Peridiscaceae
    rank: family
  9. Urticales
    rank: order
  10. Cucurbitales
    rank: order
  11. Ochnaceae
    rank: family
  12. Olacaceae
    rank: family
  13. indet
    rank: family
  14. Tracheophyta
    rank: phylum
  15. Putranjivaceae
    rank: family
  16. Burseraceae
    rank: family
  17. Rhamnaceae
    rank: family
  18. Sapindaceae
    rank: family
  19. Cardiopteridales
    rank: order
  20. Meliaceae
    rank: family
  21. Irvingiaceae
    rank: family
  22. Plantae
    rank: kingdom
  23. Arecales
    rank: order
  24. Rutaceae
    rank: family
  25. Ericales
    rank: order
  26. Lecythidaceae
    rank: family
  27. Arecaceae
    rank: family
  28. Magnoliopsida
    rank: class
  29. Bignoniaceae
    rank: family
  30. Myristicaceae
    rank: family
  31. indet
    rank: order
  32. Chrysobalanaceae
    rank: family
  33. Malpighiales
    rank: order
  34. Simaroubaceae
    rank: family
  35. Phyllanthaceae
    rank: family
  36. Myrtales
    rank: order
  37. Melastomataceae
    rank: family
  38. Malvales
    rank: order
  39. Scrophulariales
    rank: order
  40. Liliopsida
    rank: class
  41. Rubiaceae
    rank: family
  42. Fabaceae
    rank: family
  43. Violaceae
    rank: family
  44. Lamiales
    rank: order
  45. Icacinaceae
    rank: family
  46. Urticaceae
    rank: family
  47. Ixonanthaceae
    rank: family
  48. Boraginaceae
    rank: family
  49. Achariaceae
    rank: family
  50. Moraceae
    rank: family
  51. Magnoliophyta
    rank: phylum
  52. Rosales
    rank: order
  53. Fabales
    rank: order
  54. Ebenaceae
    rank: family
  55. Cecropiaceae
    rank: family
  56. Combretaceae
    rank: family
  57. Apocynaceae
    rank: family
  58. Sapotaceae
    rank: family
  59. Octoknemaceae
    rank: family
  60. Sapindales
    rank: order
  61. Picrodendraceae
    rank: family
  62. Gentianales
    rank: order
  63. Magnoliales
    rank: order
  64. Salicaceae
    rank: family
  65. Euphorbiaceae
    rank: family
  66. Anacardiaceae
    rank: family
  67. Annonaceae
    rank: family
  68. Anisophylleaceae
    rank: family
  69. Passifloraceae
    rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Northern and Southeast Sierra Leone

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Moses Nsanyi Sainge
originator
position: GBIF Node Manager
Reptile and Amphibian Program Sierra Leone (RAP-SL)
7 McCauley Street
Freetown
232
Western Urban
SL
Telephone: 23274336355
email: moses.sainge@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.rapsl.org
Moses Nsanyi Sainge
metadata author
position: GBIF Node Manager
Reptile and Amphibian Program Sierra Leone (RAP-SL)
7 McCauley Street
Freetown
232
Western Urban
SL
Telephone: 23274336355
email: moses.sainge@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.rapsl.org
Fhatani Ranwashe
user
email: f.ranwashe@sanbi.org.za
Moses Nsanyi Sainge
administrative point of contact
position: GBIF Node Manager
Reptile and Amphibian Program Sierra Leone (RAP-SL)
7 McCauley Street
Freetown
232
Western Urban
SL
Telephone: 23274336355
email: moses.sainge@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.rapsl.org
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