Lola Field Station (savanna)
Basic information
Sample name: Lola Field Station (savanna)

Sample aka: ComoƩ National Park

Reference: B. K. Kunz and F.-T. Krell. 2011. Habitat differences in dung beetle assemblages in an African savanna forest ecotone: implications for secondary seed dispersal. Integrative Zoology 6:81-96 [ER 322]
Geography
Country: Ivory Coast

Coordinate: 9° 45' 6" N, 4° 49' 59" W
Latlng basis: stated in text

Geography comments: elevation range 250 to 300 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.3

MAP: 1053.0

Habitat comments: "an ecotone between the semi-deciduous rainforests farther south and the savanna woodlands in the northern Sudanian zone"

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sampling methods: no design, hand capture

Sample size: 2367 individuals

Years: 1999, 2000

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: beetles were directly collected from 32 olive baboon dung piles

Metadata
Sample no: 636

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-28 15:17:54

Modified: 2015-09-29 10:20:28

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
64 species
16 singletons
total count 2367
geometric series index: 101.3
Fisher's α: 12.123
geometric series k: 0.9016
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8862
Shannon's H: 2.8522
Good's u: 0.9932
Register
Allogymnopleurus umbrinus 15
Allogymnopleurus youngai 1
Anachalcos aurescens 5
Anachalcos convexus 15
Anachalcos cupreus 1
Anachalcos suturalis 31
Garreta nitens 12
Gymnopleurus coerulescens 17
Gymnopleurus puncticollis 141
Neosisyphus armatus 16
Neosisyphus gladiator 3
Scarabaeus goryi 2
Sisyphus biarmatus 47
Sisyphus gazanus 13
Sisyphus goryi 683
Sisyphus seminulum 91
Caccobius anthracites 3
Caccobius auberti 34
Caccobius ivorensis 30
Caccobius mirabilepunctatus 24
Caccobius punctatissimus 1
Catharsius eteocles 2
Catharsius ninus 1
Catharsius pseudolycaon 1
Catharsius sesostris 1
Digitonthophagus gazella 1
Latodrepanus laticollis 1
Euoniticellus parvus 1
Euonthophagus carbonarius 4
Hyalonthophagus pseucoalcyon 1
Metacatharsius inermis 2
Milichus apicalis 2
Milichus serratus 5
Onitis cupreus 21
Onitis multidentatus 2
Onthophagus atridorsis 24
Onthophagus bandamai 4
Onthophagus bidens 2
Onthophagus borassi 6
Onthophagus cribellum 5
Onthophagus cupreus 6
Onthophagus cyanochlorus 26
Onthophagus decorsei 2
Onthophagus fimetarius 62
Onthophagus flaviclava 64
Onthophagus flexicornis 28
Onthophagus lobi 1
Onthophagus longipilis 1
Onthophagus lutaticollis 8
Onthophagus micros 1
Onthophagus mucronatus 158
Onthophagus mucronifer 114
Onthophagus pullus 40
Onthophagus reticulatus 1
Onthophagus rufonotatus 199
Onthophagus sellatulus 3
Onthophagus stehliki 87
Onthophagus tripartitus 12
Onthophagus ulula 150
Phalops iphis 1
Phalops vanellus 1
Proagoderus auratus 4
Proagoderus yvescambeforti 3
Tiniocellus praetermissus 124