Dakar
Basic information
Sample name: Dakar
Reference: G. F. Bennett, J. Blancou, E. M. White, and N. A. Williams. 1978. Blood parasites of some birds from Senegal. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 14:67-73 [ER 787]
Geography
Country: Senegal
Coordinate: 14° 42' N, 17° 27' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "suburban Dakar" (basis of coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Altered habitat: inhabited area
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 24.0
WMT: 27.6
CMT: 20.3
MAP: 650.0
Habitat comments: MAT and MAP given in text; CMT and WMT based on station 61641 (Dakar Airport), which reports MAP 361.5
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sampling methods: mist nets
Sample size: 734 individuals
Years: 1975 - 1977
Sampling comments: collecting effort unclear
Metadata
Sample number: 1132
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-08-30 14:36:52
Modified: 2020-01-14 05:28:15
Abundance distribution
41 species
15 singletons
total count 734
extrapolated richness: 88.0
Fisher's α: 9.375
geometric series k: 0.8802
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8435
Shannon's H: 2.2495
Good's u: 0.9796
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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