Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (butterflies)
Basic information
Sample name: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (butterflies)
Reference: T. H. Ricketts, G. C. Daily, and P. R. Ehrlich. 2002. Does butterfly diversity predict moth diversity? Testing a popular indicator taxon at local scales. Biological Conservation 103:361-370 [ER 1034]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Colorado
Coordinate: 38° 40' N, 107° 1' W
Basis of coordinate: based on political unit
Geography comments: coordinate based on Gunnison County
elevation based on Shaw et al. (2000, Plant Ecology)
elevation based on Shaw et al. (2000, Plant Ecology)
Climate and habitat
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 13.4
CMT: -12.5
MAP: 500.0
Habitat comments: subalpine "meadows, aspen forests, and conifer forests"
climate data are for the station and are from Hayes (1981, Oecologia)
climate data are for the station and are from Hayes (1981, Oecologia)
Methods
Life forms: butterflies
Sites: 19
Sampling methods: no design, butterfly nets, visual
Sample size: 716
Sampling comments: "time-constrained searches, netting each observed butterfly or identifying them on the wing if possible. Butterfly sampling occurred between 10:00 and 12:00 h"
Metadata
Sample: 1531
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-05-09 15:08:32
Modified: 2016-12-13 19:22:08
Abundance distribution
29 species
7 singletons
total count 716
Fisher's α: 6.068
geometric series k: 0.8277
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8737
Shannon's H: 2.5504
Good's u: 0.9902
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