Puerto Barrios (mist netted birds)
Basic information
Sample name: Puerto Barrios (mist netted birds)
Reference: M. E. Morales-Betoulle, N. Komar, N. A. Panella, D. Alvarez, M. R. López, J.-L. Betoulle, S. M. Sosa, M. L. Müller, A. M. Kilpatrick, R. S. Lanciotti, B. W. Johnson, A. M. Power, and C. Cordón-Rosales. 2013. West Nile virus ecology in a tropical ecosystem in Guatemala. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 88(1):116-126 [ER 2237]
Geography
Country: Guatemala
Coordinate: 16° 50' N, 88° 28' W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "in an 80 km2 geographic area within the Puerto Barrios municipality... Location A was the Naval Base airport about 1 km from the urban zone of Puerto Barrios. Location B was the rural village of Machacas del Mar about 7 km from the urban zone"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: grazing
MAT: 26.6
MAP: 3500.0
Habitat comments: "within a subtropical wet forest life zone. Climatic conditions are generally hot and humid without a well-defined dry season... Both locations were comprised primarily of secondary forest and pastures"
MAT is for Puerto Barrios and is from Lachniet and Patterson (2009, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
MAT is for Puerto Barrios and is from Lachniet and Patterson (2009, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sites: 2
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets
Sample size: 3833 individuals
Years: 2006 - 2009
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Two locations (A and B; Figure 2) were selected within the 80 km2 study area... Bird captures were carried out during 1- to 2-week periods ~3 months apart from April 2006 to July 2009. Free-ranging birds were captured using 18–20 mist nets of various mesh sizes and lengths" (total sampling effort unclear)
Metadata
Sample no: 2284
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-10-16 19:12:03
Modified: 2018-04-20 07:27:10
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
140 species
33 singletons
total count 3833
geometric series index: 216.8
Fisher's α: 28.525
geometric series k: 0.9566
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9493
Shannon's H: 3.6787
Good's u: 0.9914
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