San Fernando (site V)
Basic information
Sample name: San Fernando (site V)

Reference: L. Marín, J. L. Léon-Cortés, and C. Stefanescu. 2009. The effect of an agro-pasture landscape on diversity and migration patterns of frugivorous butterflies in Chiapas, Mexico. Biodiversity and Conservation 18:919-934 [ER 889]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: Chiapas

Coordinate: 17° 52' 18" N, 93° 12' 21" W
Latlng basis: stated in text

Geography comments: elevation 960 to 1100 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: secondary forest

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: agriculture

MAT: 18.0

MAP: 1200.0

Habitat comments: "The dry season begins in December, lasting until May" and vegetation was originally "mostly dry forest"; forest fragment, currently 96% secondary forest and 4% maize crops

Methods
Life forms: butterflies

Sampling methods: baited

Sample size: 757 individuals

Years: 2005

Nets or traps: 10

Net or trap nights: 279

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: three to ten "Van Someren Rydon traps were placed in each focal area... suspended from a tree branch... and baited every third day" and spaced "approximately 20 m" apart

Metadata
Sample no: 1331

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-21 16:15:09

Modified: 2015-07-07 07:05:17

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
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