San Martín Volcano (forest-pasture edges)
Basic information
Sample name: San Martín Volcano (forest-pasture edges)

Reference: A. Díaz, E. Galante, and M. E. Favila. 2010. The effect of the landscape matrix on the distribution of dung and carrion beetles in a fragmented tropical rain forest. Journal of Insect Science 10(81):1-16 [ER 335]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: Veracruz



Coordinate: 18° 29' 4" N, 95° 13' 28" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: fragment

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.0

MAP: 4500.0

Habitat comments: "forest-pasture" edges near two forest fragments

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 2

Site length: 280

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 358 individuals

Years: 2001, 2002

Days: 84

Nets or traps: 16

Net or trap nights: 1344

Sampling comments: human dung and fish carrion "baited pitfall traps arranged along transects" set "monthly for six days and six nights... between July and September in 2001 and 2002" (i.e., over 84 days and nights); there were two transects each with eight traps separated by 20 m

Metadata
Sample number: 1272

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-18 11:28:51

Modified: 2015-10-02 21:50:21

Abundance distribution
17 species
4 singletons
total count 358
geometric series index: 27.6
Fisher's α: 3.712
geometric series k: 0.7317
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7680
Shannon's H: 1.8766
Good's u: 0.9889
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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