Sample name: Kakachi (logged site)

Sample aka: Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve

Reference: M. S. Devy and P. Davidar. 2001. Response of wet forest butterflies to selective logging in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve: Implications for conservation. Current Science 80(3):400-405 [ER 3259]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: selective logging

Habitat comments: Kakachi "receives an annual rainfall of over 3500 mm from both the south-west and north-east monsoons" and the vegetation is "mid-elevation tropical wet evergreen forest"
"About 5 km2 in Kakachi was selectively logged for establishment of cardamom plantation but the crops were not raised due to failure in the nearby sites"

Life forms: butterflies

Sites: 5

Site length: 2500

Site width: 10

Sampling methods: line transect,visual

Sample size: 1144 captures or sightings

Seasons: dry,wet or monsoon

Sampling comments: "An area of 30 km was sampled by laying transects of 500mx10m along existing forest trails and walking them at fortnightly intervals for a period of one year. Five transects in unlogged and another five transects in the adjacent logged sites were laid... all the species encountered within 5 m on either side were recorded. About one hour was spent in each of these transects... many individuals were collected and released... A total of 110 transects were walked in each habitat type over a period of 12 months"

Sample number: 3602

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2020-04-25 10:01:07

Modified: 2020-04-25 00:01:07