Central Iowa
Basic information
Sample name: Central Iowa

Reference: L. Ries, D. M. Debinski, and M. L. Wieland. 2001. Conservation value of roadside prairie restoration to butterfly communities. Conservation Biology 15(2):401-411 [ER 828]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Iowa

Coordinate: 42° 2' N, 93° 28' W
Latlng basis: based on political unit

Geography comments: multiple transects in four adjacent counties, with Story County (basis of coordinate) in the middle

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Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna

Altered habitat: cropland

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 23.9

CMT: -2.6

MAP: 900.0

Habitat comments: roadside prairie (4 original, 8 restored)
climate data based on station 72546 (Des Moines airport)

Methods
Life forms: butterflies

Sites: 12

Site length: 5050.0

Site width: 5.0

Sampling methods: belt transect, visual

Sample size: 3906 individuals

Years: 1998

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: 101 50 x 5 m small plots within 12 areas
counts are of non-migratory species

Metadata
Sample no: 1177

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-09-30 15:40:18

Modified: 2014-09-30 05:40:18

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
24 species
1 singleton
total count 3906
geometric series index: 28.1
Fisher's α: 3.406
geometric series k: 0.7594
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7944
Shannon's H: 1.9468
Good's u: 0.9997
Register
Colias sp. 1124
Everes comyntas 1124
Phyciodes tharos 710
Ancyloxypha numitor 170
Papilio polyxenes 145
Atrytone logan 133
Pholisora catullus 126
Pieris rapae 103
Cercyonis pegala 77
Speyeria cybele 48
Lycaena xanthoides 40
Vanessa atalanta 16
Limenitis archippus 15
Polites peckius 14
Papilio glaucus 13
Pyrgus communis 11
Euphyes bimacula 10
Speyeria idalia 8
Polites themistocles 7
Chlosyne gorgone 5
Pieris protodice 2
Epargyreus clarus 2
Vanessa virginiensis 2
Euphys dione 1