Caobas Ejido (mature forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Caobas Ejido (mature forest)
Reference: V. H. Luja, S. Herrando-Pérez, D. González-Solís, and L. Luiselli. 2008. Secondary rain forests are not havens for reptile species in tropical Mexico. Biotropica 40(6):747-757 [ER 289]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Quintana Roo
Coordinate: 18° 27' 39" N, 89° 6' 15" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "in the municipality of Othon P. Blanco"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 26.0
MAP: 1200.0
Habitat comments: "medium- saturated semievergreen forest"
Methods
Life forms: lizards, snakes, turtles
Sites: 36
Site area: 16.2
Sampling methods: belt transect, visual
Sample size: 338 captures or sightings
Years: 2004
Net or trap nights: 0
Sampling comments: 36 500 x 9 m transects
apparently all visual sightings and few or no hand captures
apparently all visual sightings and few or no hand captures
Metadata
Sample no: 584
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-26 20:22:51
Modified: 2014-03-26 09:22:51
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
27 species
11 singletons
total count 338
geometric series index: 62.2
Fisher's α: 6.903
geometric series k: 0.826
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7533
Shannon's H: 1.9456
Good's u: 0.9676
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