La Bocana
Basic information
Sample name: La Bocana
Sample aka: Playa El Icacal
Reference: T. C. Bonebrake and R. Sorto. 2009. Butterfly (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) rapid assessment of a coastal countryside in El Salvador. Tropical Conservation Science 2(1):34-51 [ER 676]
Geography
Country: El Salvador
Coordinate: 13° 12' N, 88° 3' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: shown as being about 6 km east of Intipucâ (basis of coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: grazing
MAT: 22.8
WMT: 24.5
CMT: 21.8
MAP: 1789.0
Habitat comments: "a dry forest habitat and also a large open pasture"
there is no nearby climate station; MAT, CMT, WMT, and MAP are for San Salvador (elevation 710 m) and are based on Owen et al. (1991)
there is no nearby climate station; MAT, CMT, WMT, and MAP are for San Salvador (elevation 710 m) and are based on Owen et al. (1991)
Methods
Life forms: butterflies
Sampling methods: line transect,hand capture,visual
Sample size: 641 captures or sightings
Years: 2008
Sampling comments: combination of visual sightings and hand captures along transects with trapping "using cylindrical Van Someren-Ryndon traps baited with rotting bananas and beer"; however, < 1% of all individuals were trapped and so the "baited" box is not checked
Metadata
Sample number: 983
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-06-29 21:28:57
Modified: 2015-02-20 03:51:32
Abundance distribution
51 species
15 singletons
total count 641
geometric series index: 88.2
Fisher's α: 13.022
geometric series k: 0.9046
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9134
Shannon's H: 3.0384
Good's u: 0.9766
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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