Animal Disease Research Institute (1995)
Basic information
Sample name: Animal Disease Research Institute (1995)

Reference: K. D. Floate and B. D. Gill. 1998. Seasonal activity of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) associated with cattle dung in southern Alberta and their geographic distribution in Canada. Canadian Entomologist 130:131-151 [ER 353]
Geography
Country: Canada

State: Alberta

Coordinate: 50° 42' N, 113° 49' W
Latlng basis: stated in text

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Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: grazing

WMT: 17.7

CMT: -4.5

MAP: 396.0

Habitat comments: "adjacent to native pasture" that was grazed by cattle
climate data based on station 71874 (Lethbridge County Airport)

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Site length: 45.0

Sampling methods: line transect, baited, pitfall traps

Sample size: 93954 individuals

Years: 1995

Days: 254

Nets or traps: 10

Net or trap nights: 2540

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: ten dung-baited pitfall traps spaced 5 m apart along a transect and used from 22 March to 30 November

Metadata
Sample no: 680

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-31 14:53:01

Modified: 2015-10-02 10:16:51

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
16 species
3 singletons
total count 93954
geometric series index: 20.7
Fisher's α: 1.444
geometric series k: 0.488
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6489
Shannon's H: 1.2817
Good's u: 1.0
Register
Aphodius coloradensis 233
Aphodius distinctus 10187
Aphodius erraticus 1
Aphodius fimetarius 5906
Aphodius fossor 215
Aphodius granarius 3
Aphodius haemorrhoidalis 314
Aphodius iowaensis 1
Aphodius pinguellus 36
Aphodius pinguis 21
Aphodius prodromus 27022
Aphodius ruricola 32
Aphodius vittatus 2841
Bolboceras sp. 1
Canthon praticola 5
Onthophagus nuchicornis 47136