Brookings County (sheep manure)
Basic information
Sample name: Brookings County (sheep manure)
Reference: H. Kessler, E. U. Balsbaugh Jr, and B. McDaniel. 1974. Faunistic comparison of adult coleoptera recovered from cattle and sheep manure in east central South Dakota. Entomological News 85:67-71 [ER 359]
Geography
Country: United States
State: South Dakota
County: Brookings
Coordinate: 44.37° N, -96.79° W
Latlng basis: based on political unit
Geography comments: coordinate based on county
Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 22.7
CMT: -6.4
MAP: 629.0
Habitat comments: climate data based on station 72651 (Sioux Falls Regional Airport)
Methods
Life forms: beetles, scarab beetles
Sampling methods: no design, hand capture
Sample size: 2283 individuals
Years: 1969
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "sheep manure was placed into a Berlese funnel" to collect the insects, with sampling from 18 June to 10 September
Metadata
Sample no: 690
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-01 11:43:25
Modified: 2015-10-02 10:41:37
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
24 species
3 singletons
total count 2283
geometric series index: 30.5
Fisher's α: 3.741
geometric series k: 0.7278
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5461
Shannon's H: 1.4014
Good's u: 0.9987
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