Pine Bush
Basic information
Sample name: Pine Bush

Reference: M. M. Stewart and J. Rossi. 1981. The Albany Pine Bush: a northern outpost for southern species of amphibians and reptiles in New York. American Midland Naturalist 106(2):282-292 [ER 161]
Geography
Country: United States

State: New York

County: Albany

Coordinate: 42.69° N, -73.82° W
Geography comments: "generally.. 52-112 m" in elevation
coordinate based on SUNY Albany (within the field area)

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Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 8.5

MAP: 825.0

Habitat comments: dominated by pine and scrub oaks

Methods
Life forms: snakes, turtles, frogs, salamanders

Sampling methods: no design, hand capture, visual

Sample size: 2289 individuals

Years: 1975 - 1977

Net or trap nights: 0

Sampling comments: based on visual sightings and (apparently) hand captures

Metadata
Sample no: 361

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-13 15:26:33

Modified: 2014-04-01 09:43:20

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
29 species
6 singletons
total count 2289
geometric series index: 47.1
Fisher's α: 4.682
geometric series k: 0.7866
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.798
Shannon's H: 1.9719
Good's u: 0.9974
Register
Ambystoma jeffersonianum 4
Ambystoma maculatum 1
Notophthalmus viridescens 2
Desmognathus fuscus 24
Eurycea bislineata 50
Plethodon cinereus 79
Scaphiopus holbrookii 2
Anaxyrus fowleri 21
"Bufo fowleri"
Anaxyrus americanus 325
"Bufo americanus"
Hyla versicolor 175
Hyla crucifer 830
Lithobates pipiens 116
"Rana pipiens"
Lithobates catesbeianus 1
"Rana catesbeiana"
Lithobates clamitans 420
"Rana clamitans"
Lithobates sylvaticus 180
"Rana sylvatica"
Chelydra serpentina 2
Terrapene carolina 2
Clemmys guttata 1
Clemmys insculpta 1
Chrysemys picta 18
Trachemys scripta elegans2
Natrix sipedon 2
Storeria dekayi 2
Storeria occipitomaculata 1
Thamnophis sirtalis 15
Heterodon platirhinos 8
"Heterodon platyrhinos"
Carphophis amoenus 2
Coluber constrictor 1
Lampropeltis triangulum 2