Fort Riley Military Reservation
Basic information
Sample name: Fort Riley Military Reservation

Reference: W. H. Busby and J. R. Parmelee. 1996. Historical changes in a herpetofaunal assemblage in the Flint Hills of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 135(1):81-91 [ER 173]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Kansas


Coordinate: 39° 6' N, 96° 49' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Fort Riley

Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 12.7

WMT: 26.6

CMT: -1.8

MAP: 810.0

Habitat comments: "native tallgrass prairie"
MAP stated in text; temperature data based on Coiner et al. (2010, USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5021)

Methods
Life forms: lizards,snakes,turtles,frogs,salamanders

Sampling methods: no design,hoop nets,drift fences,funnel traps,auditory,hand capture

Sample size: 3523 individuals

Years: 1993

Sampling comments: "a variety of methods" were used, including artificial shelters, drift fences, funnel traps, opportunistic surveys, aural surveys, and hoop nets

Metadata
Sample number: 384

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-14 12:05:13

Modified: 2014-04-27 04:02:39

Abundance distribution
39 species
3 singletons
total count 3523
extrapolated richness: 47.0
Fisher's α: 6.137
geometric series k: 0.8412
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8877
Shannon's H: 2.5667
Good's u: 0.9991
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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