West Coast Park
Basic information
Sample name: West Coast Park

Reference: N. Kaneko, M. Nakata, A. Chiba, and Y. Itoh. 2012. Autumnal use of fruits by bird vectors in a coastal forest near the city of Niigata. Japanese Journal of Ornithology 61(1):100-111 [ER 2765]
Geography
Country: Japan


Coordinate: 37° 55' N, 139° 3' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "in Chuo-ku, Niigata City... along the coastline"

Environment
Habitat: temperate coniferous forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 13.7

MAP: 1796.0

Habitat comments: "The length of this Pinus thunbergii forest is about 5 km, the width of the forest belt near the study site is 180-210 m, and the inland side is in contact with residential areas and urban areas"

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 1293 individuals

Years: 2009, 2010

Seasons: summer,autumn

Sampling comments: 12 m mist nets were used and birds were ringed
the exact number of nets appears to have varied through the study period, but the translation is poor
sampling was from September through November in 2009 and August through November in 2010

Metadata
Sample number: 2958

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-05-26 17:41:32

Modified: 2018-05-26 07:41:32

Abundance distribution
37 species
8 singletons
total count 1293
geometric series index: 57.0
Fisher's α: 7.102
geometric series k: 0.8467
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8286
Shannon's H: 2.2634
Good's u: 0.9938
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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