Sample name: El Esteron

Sample aka: Playa El Icacal

Reference: T. C. Bonebrake and R. Sorto. 2009. Butterfly (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) rapid assessment of a coastal countryside in El Salvador. Tropical Conservation Science 2(1):34-51 [ER 676]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: grazing

MAT: 22.8

WMT: 24.5

CMT: 21.8

MAP: 1789.0

Habitat comments: "a large pasture with isolated trees and shrubs that is directly adjacent to the western estuary of El Icacal"
there is no nearby climate station; MAT, CMT, WMT, and MAP are for San Salvador (elevation 710 m) and are based on Owen et al. (1991)

Life forms: butterflies

Sampling methods: line transect,hand capture,visual

Sample size: 250 captures or sightings

Years: 2008

Sampling comments: combination of visual sightings and hand captures along transects with trapping "using cylindrical Van Someren-Ryndon traps baited with rotting bananas and beer"; however, < 1% of all individuals were trapped and so the "baited" box is not checked

Sample number: 1308

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-20 14:52:35

Modified: 2015-02-20 03:52:35