Mount Kupe
Basic information
Sample name: Mount Kupe
Reference: U. Hofer, L.-F. Bersier, and D. Borcard. 2000. Ecotones and gradient as determinants of herpetofaunal community structure in the primary forest of Mount Kupe, Cameroon. Journal of Tropical Ecology 16(4):517-533 [ER 159]
Geography
Country: Cameroon
Coordinate: 4° 45' N, 9° 42' E
Geography comments: sites spanned 900 to 2000 m, most of which are "submontane"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAP: 4891.0
Habitat comments: closed canopy forest
MAT is completely unclear given the altitudinal range and lack of information in the literature
MAT is completely unclear given the altitudinal range and lack of information in the literature
Methods
Life forms: lizards,snakes,frogs
Sites: 12
Sampling methods: hand capture
Sample size: 2740 individuals
Years: 1994
Sampling comments: "12 points... separated by 100 m in elevation"
Metadata
Sample number: 359
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-13 14:35:29
Modified: 2014-04-27 05:04:02
Abundance distribution
49 species
8 singletons
total count 2740
extrapolated richness: 66.2
Fisher's α: 8.475
geometric series k: 0.8715
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8842
Shannon's H: 2.7302
Good's u: 0.9971
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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