Estación Experimental del Secretariado Uruguayo de la Lana (ovine dung)
Basic information
Sample name: Estación Experimental del Secretariado Uruguayo de la Lana (ovine dung)
Reference: E. Morelli, P. Gonzalez-Vainer, and A. Baz. 1997. Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) inhabiting bovine and ovine droppings in Uruguayan prairies. Coleopterists Bulletin 51(2):197 [ER 301]
Geography
Country: Uruguay
Coordinate: 33° 52' S, 55° 33' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "in Cerro Colorado" (basis of coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 21.7
CMT: 9.7
MAP: 1110.0
Habitat comments: climate based on station 86580 (Carrasco airport)
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sampling methods: hand capture
Sample size: 567 individuals
Years: 1992 - 1994
Sampling comments: taxonomic updates provided by Morelli et al. 2002
Metadata
Sample number: 605
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-27 15:35:50
Modified: 2014-04-25 11:04:20
Abundance distribution
11 species
2 singletons
total count 567
extrapolated richness: 15.7
Fisher's α: 1.935
geometric series k: 0.5537
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5299
Shannon's H: 1.1405
Good's u: 0.9965
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Current reference:
Shotwell 1968 (ER 3992)