Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (nocturnal traps)
Basic information
Sample name: Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (nocturnal traps)

Reference: E. Andresen. 2002. Dung beetles in a Central Amazonian rainforest and their ecological role as secondary seed dispersers. Ecological Entomology 27:257-270 [ER 311]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Amazonas


Coordinate: 2° 30' S, 60° 0' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: about 90 km north of Manaus

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.7

MAP: 2186.0

Habitat comments: "primary terra firme forest" consisting of "an 800 ha forest reserve"
climate data apply to Manaus

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 10

Sampling methods: baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 5321 individuals

Years: 1996 - 1998

Days: 14

Nets or traps: 10

Net or trap nights: 140

Sampling comments: monkey dung-baited pitfall traps
14 rounds of dusk-to-dawn trapping with 10 traps at the same sites on each occasion

Metadata
Sample number: 622

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-28 10:55:27

Modified: 2015-09-28 10:49:21

Abundance distribution
52 species
7 singletons
total count 5321
geometric series index: 69.8
Fisher's α: 7.998
geometric series k: 0.8647
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8490
Shannon's H: 2.4373
Good's u: 0.9987
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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