Cumberland Island
Basic information
Sample name: Cumberland Island
Reference: G. T. Fincher and R. E. Woodruff. 1979. Dung beetles of Cumberland Island, Georgia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 33(1):69-70 [ER 291]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Georgia
Coordinate: 30° 51' N, 81° 27' W
Basis of coordinate: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: coordinate based on Cumberland Island
"half the island is less than 10 feet above sea level"
"half the island is less than 10 feet above sea level"
Climate and habitat
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 28.3
CMT: 12.9
MAP: 1416.0
Habitat comments: mostly "forested uplands (oak-pine communities)" plus salt marshes and sand dunes
climate data based on station 72206 (Jacksonville International Airport)
climate data based on station 72206 (Jacksonville International Airport)
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sampling methods: baited, pitfall traps
Sample size: 71074
Years: 1976
Days: 1
Nets or traps: 100
Net or trap nights: 100
Sampling comments: 100 pig feces-baited pit traps laid out for one day
Metadata
Sample: 588
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-27 09:53:46
Modified: 2015-09-28 17:30:56
Abundance distribution
17 species
0 singletons
total count 71074
Fisher's α: 1.587
geometric series k: 0.6192
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6128
Shannon's H: 1.3312
Good's u: 1.0000
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