Wolong Natural Reserve (forest edge)
Basic information
Sample name: Wolong Natural Reserve (forest edge)
Reference: X.-D. Yu, T.-H. Luo, H.-Z. Zhou, and J. Yang. 2007. Distribution of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) across a forest-grassland ecotone in southwestern China. Environmental Entomology 36(2):348-355 [ER 1040]
Geography
Country: China
State: Sichuan
Coordinate: 31° 5' N, 103° 8' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: coordinate is the midpoint of ranges stated in the text
elevation 2580 to 2650 m
elevation 2580 to 2650 m
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Protection: nature reserve
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: grazing,selective logging
Habitat comments: "deciduous broad-leaved forests" logged until 1975 adjacent to "moderately dry grassland" that is "burned annually" and "disturbed severely by cattle grazing"
Methods
Life forms: ground beetles
Sites: 15
Sampling methods: line transect,pitfall traps
Sample size: 642 individuals
Years: 2004
Days: 30
Seasons: spring,summer,autumn
Nets or traps: 75
Net or trap nights: 2250
Sampling comments: three sites each along five parallel transects, with sites spaced 25 m apart and five pitfall traps per site that "were open for 3 d twice a month" between May and September
Metadata
Sample number: 1542
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-05-15 20:45:19
Modified: 2015-05-15 10:50:57
Abundance distribution
30 species
10 singletons
total count 642
extrapolated richness: 53.4
Fisher's α: 6.523
geometric series k: 0.8402
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8595
Shannon's H: 2.3315
Good's u: 0.9844
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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