Shepherds Hill Recreation Park (first season)
Basic information
Sample name: Shepherds Hill Recreation Park (first season)

Reference: N. Collier, D. A. MacKay, K. Benkendorff, A. D. Austrin, and S. M. Carthew. 2006. Butterfly communities in South Australian urban reserves: Estimating abundance and diversity using the Pollard walk. Austral Ecology 31:282-290 [ER 679]
Geography
Country: Australia

State: South Australia



Coordinate: 35° 0' 19" S, 138° 34' 49" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: coordinate based on Belair National Park

Environment
Habitat: Mediterranean woodland

Altered habitat: disturbed forest

Protection: other protected area

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 21.8

CMT: 11.3

MAP: 449.0

Habitat comments: "in a semi-industrial urban landscape. This site is heavily used by the public for recreational activities... semi-open eucalypt woodland with native and non-native grassy understory"
climate data based on station 94672 (Adelaide Airport)

Methods
Life forms: butterflies

Site length: 1490

Sampling methods: belt transect,hand capture,visual

Sample size: 348 captures or sightings

Years: 2003, 2004

Sampling comments: Pollard walk (visual belt transect with some hand captures)

Metadata
Sample number: 1309

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-20 15:08:38

Modified: 2018-06-30 10:53:06

Abundance distribution
12 species
1 singleton
total count 348
geometric series index: 14.9
Fisher's α: 2.410
geometric series k: 0.6707
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8287
Shannon's H: 1.9706
Good's u: 0.9971
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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