Kaskara (GAB, visit 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Kaskara (GAB, visit 1)

Sample aka: Tyumen

Reference: J. Trappe, F. Kunz, S. Weking, and J. Kamp. 2017. Grassland butterfly communities of the Western Siberian forest steppe in the light of post-Soviet land abandonment. Journal of Insect Conservation 21:813-826 [ER 3285]
Geography
Country: Russia


Coordinate: 57.17° N, 65.90° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Geography comments: "Our study area encompasses 20 by 20 km and is located in the southwestern part of the Lowland northeast of the city of Tyumen (Tyumen province) and near the village Kaskara... Elevation in the study area varies between 50 and 70 m a.s.l."
coordinate estimate is based on the center of Kaskara

Environment
Habitat: boreal forest/taiga

Altered habitat: pasture

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 2.3

MAP: 482.0

Habitat comments: "in the hemiboreal forests ecoregion... The climate is continental with an average temperature of 2.3 °C and annual precipitation of 482 mm at Tyumen weather station"

Methods
Life forms: butterflies

Sampling methods: line transect,butterfly nets,visual

Sample size: 149 captures or sightings

Years: 2015

Seasons: summer

Sampling comments: "we selected 20 plots on used (GMO) and 20 on abandoned hay meadows (GAB)... Half of the GAB sites (n = 10) were located on floodplain grassland"
GMO sites included "mowing tracks, haystacks" and GAB sites did not
"The sample plots were surveyed twice between June 1st and August 2nd, 2015. All butterfly species (incl. Hesperidae) were counted along standardized Pollard Walks of 200 m length... Individuals were caught with hand-held nets or identified with the help of binoculars"

Metadata
Sample number: 3644

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2020-06-02 19:54:03

Modified: 2020-06-02 09:59:43

Abundance distribution
21 species
6 singletons
total count 149
geometric series index: 37.8
Fisher's α: 6.665
geometric series k: 0.8348
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8819
Shannon's H: 2.4826
Good's u: 0.9600
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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