Jalcomulco
Basic information
Sample name: Jalcomulco
Reference: G. Halffter and L. Aurellano. 2002. Response of dung beetle diversity to human-induced changes in a tropical landscape. Biotropica 34(1):144-154 [ER 312]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Veracruz
Coordinate: 19° 20' 39" N, 97° 44' 8" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: altitude based on map
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 28.0
CMT: 21.5
MAP: 1547.0
Habitat comments: originally "tropical deciduous forest" but now remnant vegetation with "patches of different successional stages"
climate data based on station 76692 (Heroica Veracruz)
climate data based on station 76692 (Heroica Veracruz)
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sampling methods: no design, baited, pitfall traps
Sample size: 1314 individuals
Nets or traps: 440
Net or trap nights: 556
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: four kinds of excrement- or carrion-baited traps with respectively 40 traps left open for 24 hours and 168 left open for 12 hours; the same setup; 20 traps left open for 24 hours; and 4 left open for 30 days, for a total of 208 + 208 +20 + 120 = 556 trap days
Metadata
Sample no: 623
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-28 11:33:46
Modified: 2015-09-28 11:01:31
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
15 species
3 singletons
total count 1314
geometric series index: 20.1
Fisher's α: 2.374
geometric series k: 0.6406
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7484
Shannon's H: 1.7259
Good's u: 0.9977
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