North of Caldwell (open pasture, 1979)
Basic information
Sample name: North of Caldwell (open pasture, 1979)
Reference: G. T. Fincher, R. R. Blume, J. S. Hunter III, and K. R. Beerwinkle. 1986. Seasonal distribution and diel flight activity of dung-feeding scarabs in open and wooded pasture in east-central Texas. Southwestern Entomologist Supplement 10:1-35 [ER 323]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Texas
County: Burleson
Coordinate: 31° 38' N, 97° 39' W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: 13 km north of Caldwell and 28 km west of College Station
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Altered habitat: pasture
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 29.1
CMT: 10.1
MAP: 996.0
Habitat comments: open area of a cattle pasture
average precip 995.9 based on data for College Station, "which is the approximate yearly average rainfall at the study site"
average CMT and WMT are based on College Station data
average precip 995.9 based on data for College Station, "which is the approximate yearly average rainfall at the study site"
average CMT and WMT are based on College Station data
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sampling methods: no design, baited, other traps
Sample size: 108340 captures or sightings
Years: 1979, 1980
Days: 174
Nets or traps: 1
Net or trap nights: 174
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: a single "battery-operated, automated underground" trap with a "large funnel" that was baited with "swine feces" and "operated 3-4 days/wk" between March 1979 and November 1980, i.e., for approximately 174 days
all beetles were captured and released
all beetles were captured and released
Metadata
Sample no: 638
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-28 20:23:18
Modified: 2015-09-29 10:24:04
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
25 species
4 singletons
total count 108340
geometric series index: 31.8
Fisher's α: 2.326
geometric series k: 0.6381
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7152
Shannon's H: 1.5665
Good's u: 1.0
Register
| Aphodius fimetarius | 1 | |
| Aphodius haemorrhoidalis | 10 | |
| Aphodius kirni | 1 | |
| Aphodius lividus | 1814 | |
| Aphodius lutulentus | 1 | |
| Aphodius rubeolus | 18 | |
| Aphodius tenuistriatus | 290 | |
| Aphodius vittatus | 8 | |
| Aphodius platensis | 779 | |
| Boreocanthon ebenus | 17854 | |
| Canthon imitator | 25267 | |
| Canthon vigilans | 20 | |
| Didactylia knausi | 4 | |
| Geotrupes blackburnii | 4 | |
| Geotrupes opaca | 75 | |
| Onthophagus alluvius | 1 | |
| Digitonthophagus gazella | 3202 | |
| "Onthophagus gazella" | ||
| Onthophagus hecate | 7 | |
| Onthophagus medorensis | 985 | |
| Onthophagus oklahomensis | 48085 | |
| Onthophagus pennsylvanicus | 7408 | |
| Onthophagus tuberculifrons | 468 | |
| Phanaeus difformis | 1632 | |
| Phanaeus vindex | 403 | |
| Pseudocanthon perplexus | 3 | |