Maputo Special Reserve (reserve grassland)
Basic information
Sample name: Maputo Special Reserve (reserve grassland)

Reference: C. T. Jacobs, C. H. Scholtz, F. Escobar, and A. L. V. Davis. 2010. How might intensification of farming influence dung beetle diversity (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Maputo Special Reserve (Mozambique)?. Journal of Insect Conservation 14(4):389-399 [ER 318]
Geography
Country: Mozambique


Coordinate: -26.5° S, 32.8° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Geography comments: "50–70 km south of Maputo"
coordinate estimated from map in text
altitude 25 to 60 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 22.4

MAP: 767.0

Habitat comments: precip 765 to 768 mm

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 3

Sampling methods: baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 10879 individuals

Years: 2007

Days: 2

Nets or traps: 15

Net or trap nights: 60

Sampling comments: five pig dung-baited pitfall traps in three sites operated for 48 hours on apparently one occasion

Metadata
Sample number: 631

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-28 13:20:23

Modified: 2015-09-29 10:07:28

Abundance distribution
36 species
6 singletons
total count 10879
extrapolated richness: 46.6
Fisher's α: 4.639
geometric series k: 0.7982
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8609
Shannon's H: 2.2997
Good's u: 0.9994
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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