La Selva Biological Station (gap)
Basic information
Sample name: La Selva Biological Station (gap)
Reference: D. J. Levey. 1988. Tropical wet forest treefall gaps and distributions of understory birds and plants. Ecology 69(4):1076-1089 [ER 724]
Geography
Country: Costa Rica
Coordinate: 10° 26' N, 84° 59' W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 26.0
MAP: 4260.0
Habitat comments: "Tropical Wet Forest and Tropical Premontane Wet Forest, warm transition"
climate data based on Kennedy and Horn (2008)
climate data based on Kennedy and Horn (2008)
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sites: 13
Sampling methods: mist nets
Sample size: 997 individuals
Years: 1982, 1983
Days: 48
Nets or traps: 25
Net or trap nights: 1200
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: 25 2.6 x 12 m nets in "13 intact gaps" that were sampled for "4 d each month over a 12-mo period"
Metadata
Sample no: 1047
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-08-17 17:10:11
Modified: 2014-08-17 07:32:14
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
77 species
19 singletons
total count 997
geometric series index: 127.4
Fisher's α: 19.467
geometric series k: 0.9358
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9428
Shannon's H: 3.4172
Good's u: 0.981
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