Gudalur
Basic information
Sample name: Gudalur
Reference: R. S. Sundarraj, S. Banupriya, and D. Jeyabalan. 2016. Diversity of butterflies in Gudalur forest area, Nilgiri hills, Southern Western Ghats, India. International Journal of Advanced Research in Biological Sciences 3(5):160-167 [ER 2902]
Geography
Country: India
State: Tamil Nadu
Coordinate: 11.5° N, 76.5° E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "in Gudalur forest area, The Nilgiri hills"
elevation 2000 to 2600 m
elevation 2000 to 2600 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "The Southern Western Ghats are moist deciduous forests" but there are also "montane rain forests" and "shoals" (sholas) at higher elevations
"Transects were away from the influence of edges and ecotones and well within the vegetation types"
"Transects were away from the influence of edges and ecotones and well within the vegetation types"
Methods
Life forms: butterflies
Sampling methods: line transect, visual
Sample size: 445 captures or sightings
Years: 2014, 2015
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Butterflies were sampled during June 2014 to May 2015 using pollard walk method... In each habitat type, two transects have been laid" and each was "2 km. Butterflies were observed up to 20 m on both sides of transects... Ocular observations were made... No collection of specimens was done"
Metadata
Sample no: 3115
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2018-12-21 15:46:59
Modified: 2020-01-14 07:54:15
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
64 species
3 singletons
total count 445
geometric series index: 87.3
Fisher's α: 20.493
geometric series k: 0.9502
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9743
Shannon's H: 3.8758
Good's u: 0.9934
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