Rutgers University Bovine Farm (June/July)
Basic information
Sample name: Rutgers University Bovine Farm (June/July)

Reference: D. L. Price. 2004. Species diversity and seasonal abundance of scarabaeoid dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae and Trogidae) attracted to cow dung in central New Jersey. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 112(4):334-347 [ER 344]
Geography
Country: United States

State: New Jersey


County: Middlesex


Coordinate: 40° 28' 33" N, 74° 26' 16" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 11.4

WMT: 25.5

CMT: 1.5

MAP: 1087.0

Habitat comments: pasture grazed by cows
MAT stated in text; CMT, WMT, and MAP based on climate station 72503 (LaGuardia Airport)

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 1

Site length: 72

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 192 individuals

Days: 61

Nets or traps: 5

Net or trap nights: 305

Sampling comments: five cow dung-baited pitfall traps on a 72 m-long transect; "Collections were made once a week from May, 2002 to May, 2003" (presumably meaning that the traps remained in place for a full year)

Metadata
Sample number: 669

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-30 21:59:21

Modified: 2015-10-01 10:56:17

Abundance distribution
11 species
2 singletons
total count 192
geometric series index: 15.9
Fisher's α: 2.534
geometric series k: 0.6217
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6062
Shannon's H: 1.4487
Good's u: 0.9896
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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