Viçosa (horse dung)
Basic information
Sample name: Viçosa (horse dung)

Reference: J. N. C. Louzada and P. R. Carvalho e Silva. 2009. Utilisation of introduced Brazilian pastures ecosystems by native dung beetles: diversity patterns and resource use. Insect Conservation and Diversity 2:45-52 [ER 315]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Minas Gerais


Coordinate: 20° 45' S, 42° 50' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: altitude 600 to 800 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 19.0

MAP: 1341.0

Habitat comments: "sub-tropical and moderately humid" and zone Cwa
currently "cattle pastures"; original environment assumed to have been dry broadleaf forest based on precip and on location in far southeastern Minas Gerais near Rio de Janeiro (i.e., in the Zona da Mata)

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 12

Sampling methods: baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 217 individuals

Years: 1994

Days: 2

Nets or traps: 24

Net or trap nights: 48

Sampling comments: two horse-dung baited pitfall traps in each of 12 pastures left out for 48 hours

Metadata
Sample number: 628

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-28 12:44:08

Modified: 2015-09-29 09:58:44

Abundance distribution
14 species
2 singletons
total count 217
geometric series index: 21.0
Fisher's α: 3.343
geometric series k: 0.6911
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6499
Shannon's H: 1.5957
Good's u: 0.9909
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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