Mt Mikusa Zephyrus Coppice (1999)
Basic information
Sample name: Mt Mikusa Zephyrus Coppice (1999)
Reference: Y. Nishinaka and M. Ishii. 2006. Effects of experimental mowing on species diversity and assemblage structure of butterflies in a coppice on Mt Mikusa, northern Osaka, central Japan. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 57(3):202-216 [ER 2905]
Geography
Country: Japan
Coordinate: 35° 57' N, 135° 22' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "in northern Osaka Prefecture... on the southeastern slope of Mt Mikusa at an altitude of 400-500 m"
a "preserve comprising about 14.5 ha of a coppice"
a "preserve comprising about 14.5 ha of a coppice"
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Altered habitat: disturbed forest
Protection: nature reserve
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "a coppice... experimentally arranged in alternating 25-m rows of mown and unmown strips of undergrowth" in an area "covered with deciduous broad-leaf forests dominated by deciduous oaks"
Methods
Life forms: butterflies
Sampling methods: line transect, butterfly nets, visual
Sample size: 975 captures or sightings
Years: 1999
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "transect counts along a 2, 490-m route... twice a month from April to October... we recorded the number of adults... sighted within a 10-m width... and 5-m height along the transect. Butterflies not readily identified were captured by net and released after identification"
Metadata
Sample no: 3121
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2018-12-21 18:02:41
Modified: 2018-12-21 07:42:39
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
41 species
12 singletons
total count 975
geometric series index: 68.2
Fisher's α: 8.664
geometric series k: 0.866
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8276
Shannon's H: 2.3583
Good's u: 0.9877
Register
| Erynnis montanus | 40 | |
| Daimio tethys | 6 | |
| Thoressa varia | 15 | |
| Ochlodes ochracea | 1 | |
| "Ochlodes ochraceus" | ||
| Potanthus flavum | 5 | |
| Polytremis pellucida | 8 | |
| Parnara guttata | 1 | |
| Byasa alcinous | 1 | |
| Papilio helenus | 3 | |
| Papilio protenor | 15 | |
| Papilio bianor | 7 | |
| Eurema hecabe | 15 | |
| Anthocharis scolymus | 7 | |
| Pieris melete | 17 | |
| Narathura japonica | 2 | |
| Japonica lutea | 3 | |
| Japonica saepestriata | 8 | |
| Antigius attilia | 18 | |
| Favonius cognatus | 1 | |
| Lycaena phlaeas | 1 | |
| Zizeeria maha | 1 | |
| Celastrina argiolus | 1 | |
| Everes argiades | 1 | |
| Curetis acuta | 11 | |
| Libythea celtis | 1 | |
| Parantica sita | 1 | |
| Damora sagana | 1 | |
| Nephargynnis anadyomene | 3 | |
| Ladoga camilla | 1 | |
| Ladoga glorifica | 2 | |
| Neptis sappho | 17 | |
| Kaniska canace | 6 | |
| Vanessa indica | 5 | |
| Hestina japonica | 3 | |
| Ypthima argus | 49 | |
| Minois dryas | 22 | |
| Lethe sicelis | 200 | |
| Lethe diana | 316 | |
| Neope goschkevitschii | 129 | |
| Mycalesis gotama | 8 | |
| Mycalesis francisca | 23 | |