Kibale National Park (K30)
Basic information
Sample name: Kibale National Park (K30)
Reference: M. Nummelin and I. Hanski. 1989. Dung beetles of the Kibale Forest, Uganda: comparison between virgin and managed forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 5:349-352 [ER 295]
Geography
Country: Uganda
Coordinate: 0° 27' N, 30° 26' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 21.6
CMT: 19.9
MAP: 1500.0
Habitat comments: "moist evergreen forest"
MAP given in text; CMT and WMT based on station 64387 (Kigali International Airport), which is not very close but is at almost the same altitude
MAP given in text; CMT and WMT based on station 64387 (Kigali International Airport), which is not very close but is at almost the same altitude
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sampling methods: baited, pitfall traps
Sample size: 787 individuals
Years: 1984 - 1986
Nets or traps: 73
Net or trap nights: 209
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: human dung-baited pitfalls
trap and trap-night totals are given in the text
trap and trap-night totals are given in the text
Metadata
Sample no: 595
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-27 13:18:05
Modified: 2015-10-02 21:42:35
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
19 species
3 singletons
total count 787
geometric series index: 26.6
Fisher's α: 3.507
geometric series k: 0.7444
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.819
Shannon's H: 1.9928
Good's u: 0.9962
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