Araya Peninsula (tropical thorn scrub)
Basic information
Sample name: Araya Peninsula (tropical thorn scrub)
Reference: B. Poulin, G. Lefebvre, and R. McNeil. 1993. Variations in bird abundance in tropical arid and semi-arid habitats. Ibis 135:432-441 [ER 1177]
Geography
Country: Venezuela
State: Sucre
Coordinate: 11° 39' N, 64° 42' W
Geography comments: "in the Guarapo region" (not clear what this means as there is no such place name)
Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 27.3
MAP: 430.0
Habitat comments: there is a "dry season from late November to mid-May"
MAP is stated on text; MAT is based on Pérez-Sánchez et al. (2013)
MAP is stated on text; MAT is based on Pérez-Sánchez et al. (2013)
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets
Sample size: 1386 individuals
Years: 1986, 1987
Days: 24
Nets or traps: 12
Net or trap nights: 288
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "12 mist-nets (3 x 14m, 32 mm mesh) were operated 5O m apart on a 3x 4 grid, for a 4-h period beginning at dawn twice monthly" over 12 months
Metadata
Sample no: 1708
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-07-09 21:02:39
Modified: 2015-09-27 07:36:10
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
39 species
9 singletons
total count 1386
geometric series index: 60.2
Fisher's α: 7.456
geometric series k: 0.863
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9063
Shannon's H: 2.7136
Good's u: 0.9935
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