San Fernando (tropical deciduous forest)
Basic information
Sample name: San Fernando (tropical deciduous forest)
Reference: L. Arellano, J. L. León-Cortés, G. Halffter, and J. Montero. 2013. Acacia woodlots, cattle and dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in a Mexican silvopastoral landscape. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 84:650-660 [ER 951]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Chiapas
Coordinate: 16° 48' 5" N, 93° 11' 3" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: there is apparently no primary forest in the area
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sites: 1
Site length: 150
Sampling methods: line transect,baited,pitfall traps
Sample size: 320 individuals
Years: 2003, 2004
Days: 2
Nets or traps: 6
Net or trap nights: 12
Sampling comments: six "human excrement, cow dung and squid" baited pitfall traps placed along a 150 m transect; "Traps remained functional for 48 h"
Metadata
Sample number: 1435
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-03-01 15:24:25
Modified: 2015-03-01 04:24:25
Abundance distribution
15 species
3 singletons
total count 320
geometric series index: 22.6
Fisher's α: 3.264
geometric series k: 0.6985
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7269
Shannon's H: 1.7531
Good's u: 0.9906
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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