Jhelum (pastures)
Basic information
Sample name: Jhelum (pastures)

Reference: M. Ghazanfar, M. Hussain, Z. Abbas, and M. Batool. 2017. Diversity, composition and distribution of dung beetle fauna in croplands and pastures of Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Science 69(4):369-374 [ER 3294]
Geography
Country: Pakistan

State: Punjab

Coordinate: 32.933498° N, 73.720703° E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "at the northern boundary of Punjab"

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Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: pasture

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "humid subtropical climate"

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 9

Sampling methods: no design, hand capture

Sample size: 299 individuals

Years: 2015, 2016

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "There were nine sampling places represented by both croplands and pastures... The sampling was carried out from each selected site fortnightly from March 2015- February, 2016. Specimens were randomly collected from each study site by hand picking and homogenized method"

Metadata
Sample no: 3662

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2020-06-07 19:05:46

Modified: 2020-06-07 09:05:46

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
15 species
4 singletons
total count 299
geometric series index: 23.0
Fisher's α: 3.326
geometric series k: 0.7368
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8516
Shannon's H: 2.1202
Good's u: 0.9866
Register
Aphodius granaries 20
Aphodius moestus 27
Aphodius rufipes 8
Catharsius pitherius 1
Catharsius platypus 1
Chironitis hungarius 35
Gymnopleurus biltallosus 12
Helicepus bucephalus 1
Helicopris antenor 1
Oniticellus cinctus 4
Oniticellus pallipes 12
Onitis excavatus 72
Onthophagus mopsus 2
Onthophagus remosellus 53
Digitonthophagus gazella 50
"Onthophagus gazella"