Otún-Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary (secondary forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Otún-Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary (secondary forest)

Reference: S. M. Durán and G. H. Kattan. 2005. A test of the utility of exotic tree plantations for understory birds and food resources in the Colombian Andes. Biotropica 37(1):129-135 [ER 937]
Geography
Country: Colombia

Coordinate: 5° 44' N, 76° 35' W
Latlng basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "in the Department of Risaralda, on the Otún River watershed"
elevation 1800 to 2100 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: secondary forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 16.8

MAP: 2630.0

Habitat comments: the "original forest... was replaced by pastures during the first half of the twentieth century... During the 1960s, a revegetation program was initiated for erosion control" so the vegetation is secondary
MAP stated in text; MAT based on Mantilla et al. (2015)

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sites: 20

Site area: 0.6

Sampling methods: quadrat, mist nets

Sample size: 60 individuals

Years: 2000

Days: 20

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Nets or traps: 4

Net or trap nights: 80

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "20 sampling plots... In each plot we placed four mist-nets arranged in a cross, covering an area of about 300 m2... Each plot was sampled once during the study period"

Metadata
Sample no: 1411

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-26 21:30:18

Modified: 2015-09-27 07:21:35

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
23 species
10 singletons
total count 60
geometric series index: 61.2
Fisher's α: 13.641
geometric series k: 0.9098
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9271
Shannon's H: 2.859
Good's u: 0.8361
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