San Martín Volcano (forest-pasture edges)
Basic information
Sample name: San Martín Volcano (forest-pasture edges)
Reference: A. DÃaz, 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
extrapolated richness: 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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