Olympic Dam (run-on)
Basic information
Sample name: Olympic Dam (run-on)
Reference: J. L. Read. 2002. Experimental trial of Australian arid zone reptiles as early warning indicators of overgrazing by cattle. Austral Ecology 27:55-66 [ER 247]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: South Australia
Coordinate: 30° 26' S, 136° 57' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 26.4
CMT: 11.7
MAP: 166.0
Habitat comments: "chenopod shrubland" on a "stony plain" with "orange sand dunes"
precip was measured "8 km west of the study site"
CMT and WMT based on climate station 94659 (Woomera), which has similar MAP
precip was measured "8 km west of the study site"
CMT and WMT based on climate station 94659 (Woomera), which has similar MAP
Methods
Life forms: lizards,snakes
Sites: 10
Sampling methods: drift fences,pitfall traps
Sample size: 935 individuals
Years: 1994 - 1997
Metadata
Sample number: 501
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-20 20:39:50
Modified: 2014-04-26 07:34:53
Abundance distribution
26 species
5 singletons
total count 935
extrapolated richness: 37.4
Fisher's α: 4.957
geometric series k: 0.8038
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8482
Shannon's H: 2.2545
Good's u: 0.9947
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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