Watawala Plantation Limited of Nakiyadeniya (rubber estate)
Basic information
Sample name: Watawala Plantation Limited of Nakiyadeniya (rubber estate)
Sample aka: Yakkalamulla
Reference: S. N. Gamage, A. Gunawardena, D. K. Weerakoon, and W. K. D. D. Liyanage. 2008. A comparative study of the leaf litter herpetofauna and physical parameters in different agro-ecosystems (tea, rubber and oil palm) and natural rain forest in the south-western wet-zone of Sri Lanka. Journal of Environmental Research And Development 2(3):285-294 [ER 223]
Geography
Country: Sri Lanka
Coordinate: 6° 6' N, 80° 20' E
Geography comments: coordinate based on Yakkalamulla
elevation 30 - 100 m
elevation 30 - 100 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: plantation
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 28.8
CMT: 26.6
MAP: 2510.0
Habitat comments: MAP stated in text; CMT and WMT based on station 43497 (Ambalantota)
Methods
Life forms: lizards,snakes,caecilians,frogs
Sites: 18
Site area: 0.115
Sampling methods: hand capture
Sample size: 28 individuals
Years: 2003
Sampling comments: 18 8 x 8 m quadrats
all specimens were released
all specimens were released
Metadata
Sample number: 461
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-18 11:19:44
Modified: 2014-04-26 10:18:06
Abundance distribution
9 species
1 singleton
total count 28
extrapolated richness: 16.5
Fisher's α: 4.593
geometric series k: 0.7499
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8095
Shannon's H: 1.9587
Good's u: 0.9724
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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