Bobiri Forest Reserve (2005, 2006)
Basic information
Sample name: Bobiri Forest Reserve (2005, 2006)
Reference: J. L. Bossart and J. B. Antwi. 2016. Limited erosion of genetic and species diversity from small forest patches: Sacred forest groves in an Afrotropical biodiversity hotspot have high conservation value for butterflies. Biological Conservation 198:122-134 [ER 2272]
Geography
Country: Ghana
Coordinate: 6° 42' N, 1° 15' W
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Geography comments: "centered around Kumasi"
altitude is based on Chiti et al. (2016)
altitude is based on Chiti et al. (2016)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 26.0
MAP: 1475.0
Habitat comments: a 5000 ha reserve of "moist semi-deciduous forest... completely surrounded by farm bush savanna"
climate data are for the Bobiri forest reserve and is based on Chiti et al. (2016)
climate data are for the Bobiri forest reserve and is based on Chiti et al. (2016)
Methods
Life forms: butterflies
Sampling methods: line transect, baited, other traps
Sample size: 1273
Years: 2005, 2006
Nets or traps: 16
Net or trap nights: 224
Trap spacing: 0.080
Sampling comments: "The fruit-feeding butterfly community... was sampled using typical fruit-bait traps. Traps were hung in the understory 8–10 cm above the ground. Three to four traps were installed at 80 m intervals along each of two to four 'straight line' transects"... Individual transects were located in discrete areas of the forest at least 300 m distant... Trap sampling was initiated July 2005 and continued through May 2006. In general, samples were collected from each site on a 3-week rotational basis. Each sampling bout consisted of two sampling days. Traps were baited with mashed, fermenting banana, and butterflies collected the following day ~24 h later. Traps were then re-baited and left for an additional 24 h, after which trapped butterflies were again retrieved
Metadata
Sample: 2371
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-12-01 20:41:32
Modified: 2016-12-13 10:56:09
Abundance distribution
65 species
16 singletons
total count 1273
extrapolated richness: 87.7
Fisher's α: 14.485
geometric series k: 0.9181
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9257
Shannon's H: 3.1545
Good's u: 0.9874
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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