Van Ban Nature Reserve (below 700 m, stream sides)
Basic information
Sample name: Van Ban Nature Reserve (below 700 m, stream sides)
Reference: V. L. Vu. 2011. Diversity of butterflies in a tropical rain forest of Van Ban Nature Reserve, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Russian Entomological Journal 20(4):411-418 [ER 2247]
Geography
Country: Vietnam
Coordinate: 22° 58' N, 104° 2' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "in Nam Xay commune of the Van Ban Nature Reserve, Van Ban District... The study area is located on a mountain, with elevations ranging from 400 to more than 2, 000 m a.s.l." and low altitude sites were at "400-500 m"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: nature reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 19.0
MAP: 2100.0
Habitat comments: "tropical rain forest" and specifically "situated along a local stream 10–15 m wide. The vegetation is broad leaf evergreen plants, the canopy height up to 25 m"
climate data are for the Van Ban Nature Reserve and are from Lam and Mai (2013, in Sunderland et al.)
climate data are for the Van Ban Nature Reserve and are from Lam and Mai (2013, in Sunderland et al.)
Methods
Life forms: butterflies
Sampling methods: line transect, butterfly nets, visual
Sample size: 343 individuals
Years: 2005
Days: 25
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: collecting was "from March 15 to April 14, 2005" and this is a "500-m" transect; "The transect count method was used to record butterflies. A number of butterflies were collected on different sites beyond the transects using butterfly hand nets for identification... Each transect was repeated in 25 counts"
Metadata
Sample no: 2304
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-10-20 20:56:55
Modified: 2016-12-13 00:11:14
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
98 species
44 singletons
total count 343
geometric series index: 271.0
Fisher's α: 45.835
geometric series k: 0.9655
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9674
Shannon's H: 3.956
Good's u: 0.8722
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