Floresta Nacional Contendas do Sincorâ (wet season)
Basic information
Sample name: Floresta Nacional Contendas do Sincorâ (wet season)

Reference: L. Vieira and F. A. B. Silva. 2012. Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Floresta Nacional Contendas do Sincorâ, Bahia, Brazil. Check List 8(4):733-739 [ER 1061]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Bahia



Coordinate: 13° 53' 0" S, 41° 6' 30" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "on the southern portion of the Chapada Diamantina"
coordinate is the midpoint of ranges stated in the text

Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 600.0

Habitat comments: "semi-arid... the rainy season lasts from November to April... The vegetation of the region is deciduous and xerophytic, composed mainly of shrub caatinga"

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 6

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 1661 individuals

Years: 2011

Days: 1

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Nets or traps: 60

Net or trap nights: 60

Sampling comments: "At each site ten pitfall traps were placed containing approximately 50 g of human feces or bovine carcass (decomposing beef) as attractive bait... traps wereinstalled along two transects 20 m apart, and the traps were spaced by 10 m... pitfalls remained installed for 24 hours"

Metadata
Sample number: 1569

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-05-19 13:06:07

Modified: 2015-05-19 03:06:07

Abundance distribution
16 species
2 singletons
total count 1661
geometric series index: 20.7
Fisher's α: 2.454
geometric series k: 0.6622
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8249
Shannon's H: 1.9783
Good's u: 0.9988
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register