La Selva Biological Station (alluvial)
Basic information
Sample name: La Selva Biological Station (alluvial)
Reference: J. I. Watling. 2005. Edaphically-biased distributions of amphibians and reptiles in a lowland tropical rainforest. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 40(1):15-21 [ER 255]
Geography
Country: Costa Rica
Coordinate: 10° 25' 19" N, 84° 0' 54" W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: coordinate based on LSBS
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 26.0
MAP: 4260.0
Habitat comments: climate data based on Kennedy and Horn (2008)
Methods
Life forms: lizards,frogs
Sites: 6
Site area: 0.12
Sampling methods: visual
Sample size: 299 individuals
Years: 2000, 2001
Sampling comments: visual encounter survey
six 50 x 4 m sampling arrays
six 50 x 4 m sampling arrays
Metadata
Sample number: 519
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-21 13:21:36
Modified: 2014-04-26 01:21:33
Abundance distribution
17 species
3 singletons
total count 299
geometric series index: 27.5
Fisher's α: 3.908
geometric series k: 0.7271
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6634
Shannon's H: 1.6475
Good's u: 0.9901
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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