Pearson
1978
34
May 14
Light rain all night. This but stopped about 8:30 a.m. Did
plant census and finished marking the grid. The accessory trap lines still out
for 5th night caught one Oryzomyia (3-359 from grid, maybe 120 yds from
nearest row), one big Kotomys?, 1 also divinus?; and
5 also longipilis.
The grid: situated on the north side of the Rio Castaño Overo about
200 ft elevation higher than the marked but bridge at the end of the road
from Panpá Surda. It is about 100 m along
the second zag of the jeep road going up the
slope, directly across from a large ceiba
on the left side of the road. This tree is 27 ft around
at least height band has asymmetrical
branching pattern.
The forest consists of fig (2-5')
Ceiba and langa with numerous seedlings
or saplings up to 2" but very few intermediates,
The langa have lost at least half their leaves. The understory
consists of barberos and Berberis. The barberos and the B. luscifolia
grow to 12 feet, but it is much more open than the forest to Panpá
Surda. The liana flora is completely lacking here, no.
substitute. In fact, ceiba and langa are the only trees within the grid. We
detected one miro, 12" DBH about 50 yds SE of the SE corner of the grid
at many trap stations there were 4 species of Berberis. Heard chucuro but
no white-whale.
Dominant plants within 6 ft of each trap station, in order of "importance":
lin = Berberia luscifolia, dar = B. darwinii, peari = B. pearcei, mon = B. montana,
foo = B. butylfolia
B1 lin, foo, dar, 1" dombeyi
C1 seed dombeyi, foo, lin, seed langa
D1 dar, chaura, lin, foo
E1 5-ft. dombeyi, lin, dar, foo
F1 lin, foo, dar, pearc, mon.
G1 foo, pearc, lin, seed dombeyi
H1 foo, lin, pearc, dar, mon
I1 lin, sapling dombeyi, dar, pearc, foo
J1 lin, dar, 4" [illegible] pifuya, seed dombeyi, foo
J2 pearc, lin, foo, 2" langa
I2 foo, lin, pearc, dar, mon
H2 3½ ft doub, lin, foo, dar, mon.
G2 lin, dar, pearc, foo, seed langa
F2 5ft dombeyi, lin, foo, mon, pearc
E2 lin, dar, seed. dombeyi, foo
D2 dar, lin, chaura, foo
C2 foo, lin, chaura, mon
B2 dar, foo, lin
B3 lin, foo, seed lang, seed doub, chaura
C3 lin, foo, seed doub, mon.
D3 lin, dar, foo, pearc, seed. doub
E3 pearc, lin, dar, 2" lang, foo
F3 foo, lin, mon, pearc
G3 [illegible] 4ft doub, 4 ft long, foo, lin
H3 foo, lin
I3 foo, pearc, dar, but, seed langa
J3 foo, lin, seed doub.
J4 foo, lin, dar, ribos
I4 foo, lin, dar, seed dombeyi
H4 lin, foo, dar.
G4 foo, lin, pearc, mon, chaura
F4 4ft dombeyi, lin, dar, seed doub, mon, too
E4 lin, chaura, seed doub, too, dar.
D4 dar, lin, azara, seed lang, no foo
<4 3ft doub, lin, dar, seed doub, foo
B4 lin, dar, foo, seed dombeyi
B5 lin, dar, mon, nofoo
C5 lin, foo, chaura, seed doub.
D5 lin, foo, chaura
E5 dar, pearc, foo, mon, seed doub
F5 2-ft langa, dar, lin, foo
G5 10" dombeyi, lin, dar, chaura, no foo
H5 pearc, lin, chaura, nofoo
I5 foo, dar, lin.
J5 foo, dar, lin, seed doub
J6 foo, dar, lin, ribos, mon,
I6 foo, lin, mont, dar
H6 foo, lin, azara
G6 pearc, lin, foo
F6 foo, lin, pearc, mont,