Lighthouse Tract
Basic information
Sample name: Lighthouse Tract
Reference: S. S. Mitra, P. A. Buckley, F. G. Buckley, and H. S. Ginsberg. 2010. Highly variable acquisition rates of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) by birds on an Atlantic barrier island. Journal of Medical Entomology 47(6):1019-1027 [ER 766]
Geography
Country: United States
State: New York
Coordinate: 40° 42' N, 72° 59' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "at the Lighthouse Tract of Fire Island National Seashore" (coordinate based on Fire Island National Seashore)
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Protection: other protected area
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 23.9
CMT: -0.4
MAP: 1074.0
Habitat comments: "natural vegetation... with low (largely dune) vegetation seaward, and scattered native Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida Miller) groves alternating with mixed native deciduous shrub thickets (Myrica– Rhus–Ilex) bayward"
climate data based on statino 72504 (Stratford airport)
climate data based on statino 72504 (Stratford airport)
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sites: 2
Sampling methods: mist nets
Sample size: 482 individuals
Years: 1997 - 1999
Sampling comments: one site was in a pitch pine grove and the other in a shrub thicket
counts are only of birds recaptured within four days, so there may be an IQ effect
"Up to 14 nylon mist nets, 12 m long, 3 m high, with four shelves and 36-mm mesh" were used in the pine site and "a single bay-to-ocean net lane" with "up to 16 nets" in the scrub site but sampling effort is vaguely indicated and irrelevant given that only recaptures are reported
counts are only of birds recaptured within four days, so there may be an IQ effect
"Up to 14 nylon mist nets, 12 m long, 3 m high, with four shelves and 36-mm mesh" were used in the pine site and "a single bay-to-ocean net lane" with "up to 16 nets" in the scrub site but sampling effort is vaguely indicated and irrelevant given that only recaptures are reported
Metadata
Sample number: 1109
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-08-27 09:50:34
Modified: 2018-06-30 10:52:19
Abundance distribution
15 species
1 singleton
total count 482
geometric series index: 18.8
Fisher's α: 2.937
geometric series k: 0.6610
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5216
Shannon's H: 1.3671
Good's u: 0.9979
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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