Vale do Curu
Basic information
Sample name: Vale do Curu

Reference: P. C. M. D. Mesquita, D. C. Passos, and S. Z. Cechin. 2013. Efficiency of snake sampling methods in the Brazilian semiarid region. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 85(3):1127-1139 [ER 181]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Ceara


Coordinate: 3° 49' 6" S, 39° 20' 15" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: coordinate stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.8

MAP: 723.0

Methods
Life forms: snakes

Sampling methods: timed,drift fences,pitfall traps,hand capture

Sample size: 597 individuals

Years: 2008 - 2010

Sampling comments: summation of counts based on time-constrained search, occasional encounters, and pitfall traps with drift fences

Metadata
Sample number: 395

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-14 14:16:36

Modified: 2014-03-20 04:53:51

Abundance distribution
22 species
4 singletons
total count 597
geometric series index: 29.3
Fisher's α: 4.493
geometric series k: 0.7940
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8981
Shannon's H: 2.5543
Good's u: 0.9933
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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