Oconee River
Basic information
Sample name: Oconee River

Reference: J. L. Hanula and S. Horn. 2011. Removing an exotic shrub from riparian forests increases butterfly abundance and diversity. Forest Ecology and Management 262:674-680 [ER 835]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Georgia


Coordinate: 33° 57' N, 83° 23' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: four sites in the general area of Athens along the Oconee River (coordinate based on Athens)

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 27.1

CMT: 6.8

MAP: 1281.0

Habitat comments: climate data based on station 72311 (Athens airport)

Methods
Life forms: butterflies

Sites: 8

Sample size: 1496 individuals

Years: 2007

Days: 49

Nets or traps: 80

Net or trap nights: 3920

Sampling comments: three approximately 2 ha plots in each of four locations each "sampled using pan traps during the growing season" during "seven day periods seven times", with 10 traps per plot

Metadata
Sample number: 1184

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-10-02 07:18:43

Modified: 2014-10-01 21:18:43

Abundance distribution
35 species
8 singletons
total count 1496
geometric series index: 57.1
Fisher's α: 6.415
geometric series k: 0.8267
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7524
Shannon's H: 1.9571
Good's u: 0.9947
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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