Umdoni Park
Basic information
Sample name: Umdoni Park
Reference: M. Brown. 2006. Annual and seasonal trends in avifaunal species richness in a coastal lowlands forest reserve in South Africa. Ostrich 77(1 & 2):58-66 [ER 745]
Geography
Country: South Africa
State: KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinate: 30° 24' S, 31° 42' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, 80km south of Durban"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 32.6
CMT: 5.8
MAP: 1000.0
Habitat comments: "predominantly Coastal Lowland Forest, modified in some areas by a golf course or grassland"
there is no nearby climate station at all; climate data are for Durban and are based on Cawthra et al. (2012)
there is no nearby climate station at all; climate data are for Durban and are based on Cawthra et al. (2012)
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sampling methods: mist nets
Sample size: 466 individuals
Years: 1999 - 2004
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: 12 x 2 m nets (number and sampling intensity entirely unclear)
Metadata
Sample no: 1077
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-08-22 21:07:09
Modified: 2014-08-22 11:07:09
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
44 species
12 singletons
total count 466
geometric series index: 80.5
Fisher's α: 11.92
geometric series k: 0.8919
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8668
Shannon's H: 2.6687
Good's u: 0.9743
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