Baikka Beel (March 2011)
Basic information
Sample name: Baikka Beel (March 2011)

Reference: P. D. Round, E. U. Haque, N. Dymond, A. J. Pierce, and P. M. Thompson. 2014. Ringing and ornithological exploration in north-east Bangladesh wetlands. Forktail 30:109-121 [ER 2748]
Geography
Country: Bangladesh


Coordinate: 24.350° N, 91.700° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "This 170 ha site lies at the south-east edge of the 3,000–12,000 ha (wet season area) Hail Haor, Moulvi Bazar district, about 6 km north-west of Srimangal town... the area in which nets were set was about 5 ha"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical wetland

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 4000.0

Habitat comments: "on the eastern edge of the open beels and marshes" in "a narrow strip of native Barringtonia and Millettia swamp-forest trees planted during 2003-2005... Most mist-nets were placed in rides cut in the Ipomoea" belt "on the west side" of the trees

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 169 individuals

Years: 2011

Sampling comments: "Usually 6-12 nets (small-mesh, four-panel, 12 m or 18 m nets) were used on each site. These were located opportunistically... Nets were usually fixed in position for at least 2–3 days and moved to a new site when numbers of birds caught declined... Nets were usually open from dawn to late morning"

Metadata
Sample number: 2927

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-04-26 07:41:11

Modified: 2018-04-25 22:48:42

Abundance distribution
28 species
11 singletons
total count 169
geometric series index: 60.7
Fisher's α: 9.567
geometric series k: 0.8731
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8823
Shannon's H: 2.5944
Good's u: 0.9351
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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