Xom Du (natural forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Xom Du (natural forest)
Sample aka: Xuan Son National Park
Reference: V. L. Vu. 2015. Diversity of butterfly communities in different habitats in limestone tropical rain forest of Vietnam. Russian Entomological Journal 24(3):247-256 [ER 2259]
Geography
Country: Vietnam
State: Phu Tho
Coordinate: 21° 8' 30" N, 105° 56' 0" E
Latlng basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: "in Xuan Son National Park" and specifically "in Xom Du village"
elevation 600 to 700 m
elevation 600 to 700 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: selective logging
MAT: 22.5
Habitat comments: "limestone tropical rain forest... The average temperature in the area is from 22 to 23 Degree Celsius... The forest is almost natural forest; some disturbance of forest as a few big trees cut down in the past"
Methods
Life forms: butterflies
Sampling methods: line transect, visual
Sample size: 212 captures or sightings
Years: 2010
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: a 600-m transect; "The study was carried out for 7 days in June 2010, 6 days in May 2011, and 7 days in June 2012" but the amount of time spent on this particular transect is unclear; "A modification of the line transect count [Pollard, 1977] was used to determine species richness and abundance of butterfly communities in different habitats"
Metadata
Sample no: 2329
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-10-23 20:35:06
Modified: 2016-10-23 09:56:22
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
86 species
32 singletons
total count 212
geometric series index: 226.3
Fisher's α: 53.87
geometric series k: 0.9686
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9773
Shannon's H: 4.1495
Good's u: 0.8505
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