Danum Valley Field Centre (Riverine A)
Basic information
Sample name: Danum Valley Field Centre (Riverine A)
Reference: A. J. Davis, J. D. Holloway, H. Huijbregts, J. Krikken, A. H. Kirk-Spriggs, and S. L. Sutton. 2001. Dung beetles as indicators of change in the forests of northern Borneo. Journal of Applied Ecology 38(3):593-616 [ER 3043]
Geography
Country: Malaysia
State: Sabah
Coordinate: 5° 58' N, 118° 48' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "on the eastern edge of the Danum Valley Conservation Area... within the Ulu Segama Reserve"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAP: 2745.0
Habitat comments: "a 438-km2 area of primary forest... evergreen dipterocarp forest"
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sampling methods: baited, pitfall traps
Sample size: 3032 individuals
Years: 1990 - 1992
Days: 9
Nets or traps: 10
Net or trap nights: 0
Trap spacing: 0.02
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "An extensive trapping programme was carried out between May 1990 and May 1992, using baited pitfalls... Pitfalls... were baited with human faeces... Traps were put at intervals of 20 m, and were left out for 3 days and nights. In general, 10 traps were deployed per transect, although numbers varied... each transect [was] sampled on at least three separate occasions"
Metadata
Sample no: 3300
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-03-24 19:33:01
Modified: 2019-03-24 08:33:01
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
48 species
9 singletons
total count 3032
geometric series index: 67.8
Fisher's α: 8.097
geometric series k: 0.8585
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7783
Shannon's H: 2.1995
Good's u: 0.997
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