Wangasara (Forest B)
Basic information
Sample name: Wangasara (Forest B)
Reference: B. M. Beehler, K. S. R. Krishna Raju, and S. Ali. 1987. Avian use of man-disturbed forest habitats in the Eastern Ghats, India. Ibis 129:197-211 [ER 751]
Geography
Country: India
State: Andhra Pradesh
Coordinate: 17° 50' N, 82° 20' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "on the Chintapalli plateau, Visakhapatnam District... at the village of Wangasara"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: recent fire,selective logging
WMT: 31.3
CMT: 22.8
MAP: 1237.0
Habitat comments: "a large tract of lightly disturbed hill forest" and specifically "tropical moist deciduous hill forest... moderately disturbed by incidental cutting for firewood by the coffee labourers. The understory is burned during some dry seasons"
climate data based on station 43149 (Visakhapatnam)
climate data based on station 43149 (Visakhapatnam)
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sampling methods: mist nets
Sample size: 87 individuals
Years: 1983
Days: 4
Nets or traps: 13
Net or trap nights: 52
Sampling comments: 13 12-m mist nets "deployed for four full days"
Metadata
Sample number: 1085
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-08-24 12:56:38
Modified: 2014-08-24 02:57:02
Abundance distribution
23 species
8 singletons
total count 87
geometric series index: 54.6
Fisher's α: 10.204
geometric series k: 0.8792
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8839
Shannon's H: 2.5760
Good's u: 0.9101
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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