El Hato del Volcan (small traps)
Basic information
Sample name: El Hato del Volcan (small traps)
Reference: S. B. Peck and H. F. Howden. 1984. Response of a dung beetle guild to different sizes of dung bait in a Panamanian rainforest. Biotropica 16(3):235-238 [ER 292]
Geography
Country: Panama
State: Chiriqui
Coordinate: 8° 46' N, 82° 38' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "near El Hato del Volcan" (coordinate based on Volcan)
elevation 1000 to 1760 m
elevation 1000 to 1760 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "remnant tracts of lower montane rainforest"
there is no nearby climate station and apparently no published literature giving any useful climate information
there is no nearby climate station and apparently no published literature giving any useful climate information
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sampling methods: baited,pitfall traps
Sample size: 768 individuals
Days: 6
Nets or traps: 35
Net or trap nights: 210
Sampling comments: small baits suspended over 200-ml plastic cups
Metadata
Sample number: 590
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-27 10:12:37
Modified: 2015-09-28 08:05:40
Abundance distribution
22 species
4 singletons
total count 768
geometric series index: 31.2
Fisher's α: 4.224
geometric series k: 0.7754
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8100
Shannon's H: 2.0350
Good's u: 0.9948
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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