Purple Springs Grazing Reserve B
Basic information
Sample name: Purple Springs Grazing Reserve B
Reference: N. Kadiri, J.-P. Lumaret, and K. D. Floate. 2014. Functional diversity and seasonal activity of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) on native grasslands in southern Alberta, Canada. Canadian Entomologist 146(3):291-305 [ER 345]
Geography
Country: Canada
State: Alberta
Coordinate: 50° 51' 38" N, 112° 54' 49" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 18.8
CMT: -8.6
MAP: 368.0
Habitat comments: "short grass prairie"
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sampling methods: baited, pitfall traps
Sample size: 38007 individuals
Years: 2008 - 2010
Days: 504
Nets or traps: 5
Net or trap nights: 2520
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: five dung-baited pitfall traps "operated from 19 May to 17 October 2008, 20 April to 9 October 2009, and 20 April to 15 October 2010" (i.e., over 504 days)
Metadata
Sample no: 671
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-31 09:48:35
Modified: 2015-10-01 11:00:51
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
12 species
0 singleton
total count 38007
geometric series index: 12.2
Fisher's α: 1.154
geometric series k: 0.5232
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5556
Shannon's H: 1.1762
Good's u: 1
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