Siuna (birds, allspice)
Basic information
Sample name: Siuna (birds, allspice)
Reference: D. I. King, M. D. Hernandez-Mayorga, R. Trubey, R. Raudales, and J. H. Rappole. 2007. An evaluation of the contribution of cultivated allspice (Pimenta Dioca) to vertebrate biodiversity conservation in Nicaragua. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:1299-1320 [ER 921]
Geography
Country: Nicaragua
Coordinate: 13° 40' N, 85° 50' W
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Geography comments: elevation 170 to 600 m
Climate and habitat
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: plantation
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 24.4
WMT: 26.9
CMT: 21.8
MAP: 2274.0
Habitat comments: "tropical moist and wet forest... Allspice agroforestry systems consisted of allspice that had been planted in pasture with other commercially valuable species such as coffee, cacao, and citrus between 3 to 5 years before the commencement of the study. Allspice had shorter, smaller trees than secondary forest, but similar understory structure"
climate data are from Denevan (1961), with MAT/CMT/WMT based on Somoto and MAP based on El Tuma
climate data are from Denevan (1961), with MAT/CMT/WMT based on Somoto and MAP based on El Tuma
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sites: 6
Site area: 30.000
Sampling methods: quadrat, mist nets
Sample size: 390
Years: 2003, 2004
Sampling comments: "Ten 12 m x 3 m, 32 mm denier mist nets were deployed in each site 50 m apart in a grid pattern approximately 200 m · 250 m. Each site was sampled for 250 net hours"
Metadata
Sample: 1385
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-25 12:04:38
Modified: 2015-09-27 17:17:20
Abundance distribution
75 species
21 singletons
total count 390
Fisher's α: 27.611
geometric series k: 0.9511
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9618
Shannon's H: 3.7442
Good's u: 0.9463
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