Ba Be National Park (dung beetles)
Basic information
Sample name: Ba Be National Park (dung beetles)

Reference: L. Hayes, D. J. Mann, A. L. Monastyrskii, and O. T. Lewis. 2009. Rapid assessments of tropical dung beetle and butterfly assemblages: contrasting trends along a forest disturbance gradient. Insect Conservation and Diversity 2:194-203 [ER 331]
Geography
Country: Vietnam

State: Bac Can

Coordinate: 22° 24' N, 106° 37' E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: selective logging

MAT: 22.0

MAP: 1300.0

Habitat comments: "lowland evergreen forest" including "a range of forest disturbance levels"
there is a six-month dry season and the climate is "monsoon tropical"

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 1

Site length: 1500.0

Sampling methods: line transect, baited, pitfall traps

Sample size: 699 individuals

Years: 2005

Days: 28

Nets or traps: 15

Net or trap nights: 420

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "15 sampling points along a 1.5 km straight-line transect... Trapping took place on 28 days between 4 August and 5 September" and there was one trap per point
dung beetles were trapped "using [buffalo] dung-baited pitfall traps"

Metadata
Sample no: 1782

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-10-01 20:03:10

Modified: 2015-10-01 10:07:58

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
48 species
12 singletons
total count 699
geometric series index: 88.0
Fisher's α: 11.685
geometric series k: 0.8946
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8827
Shannon's H: 2.6972
Good's u: 0.9829
Register
Caccobius (Caccophilus) simplex 2
Cassolus aff. nudus 3
Catharsius molossus 8
Copris cariniceps 44
Copris carinicus 64
Drepanocerus aff. sinicus 14
Drepanocerus sp. 1 2
Liatongus vertagus 3
Microcopris aff. reflexus 1
Microcopris propinquus 80
Ochicanthon obscurum 3
Onitis falcatus 17
Onthophagus aff. luridipennis 11
Onthophagus aff. remotus 188
Onthophagus aff. taurinus 44
Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) proletarius 9
Onthophagus (Indachorius) magnini 1
Onthophagus (Indachorius) sp. 15 2
Onthophagus (Macronthophagus) cludtsi 1
Onthophagus (Onthophagiellus) sp. 18 1
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) deflexicollis 3
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) orientalis 1
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) pacificus 7
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) purpurascens 2
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) sp. 4 2
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) sp. 5 2
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) sp. 6 23
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) sp. 7 2
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) sp. 8 2
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) sp. 9 1
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) sp. 10 1
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) sp. 12 1
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) sp. 13 2
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) sp. 14 1
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) sp. 17 1
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) sp. 21 2
Onthophagus (Onthophagus) sp. 24 2
Onthophagus (Paraphanaeomorphus) comittoides 3
Onthophagus (Paraphanaeomorphus) sp. 22 2
Onthophagus (Parascatonomus) anceyi 26
Onthophagus (Parascatonomus) muticifrons 6
Onthophagus (Parascatonomus) rudis 2
Onthophagus (Serrophorus) sp. 11 1
Onthophagus (Sunenaga) anguliceps 31
Paragymnopleurus brahminus 66
Paragymnopleurus sinuatus 2
Sisyphus laoticus 1
Synapsis yama 6