Finca Caobanal
Basic information
Sample name: Finca Caobanal
Reference: R. B. Siegel and M. V. Centeno. 1996. Neotropical migrants in marginal habitats on a Guatemalan cattle ranch. Wilson Bulletin 108(1):166-170 [ER 916]
Geography
Country: Guatemala
Coordinate: 14° 18' N, 90° 47' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "about 30 km southeast of the town of Escuintla" (coordinate based on Escuintla)
"from sea level to approximately 200 m"
"from sea level to approximately 200 m"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 25.0
MAP: 2000.0
Habitat comments: "a working cattle ranch,,, the native vegetation type is subtropical humid forest" but this is now "a mosaic of open pastures separated by hedgerows and artificial canals lined with narrow corridors of secondary growth vegetation and one 250-ha parcel of secondary growth forest" with netting focused on pasture margins, riparian corridors, and the forest parcel
there is "a pronounced dry season between November and April"
there is "a pronounced dry season between November and April"
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sampling methods: no design,mist nets
Sample size: 258 individuals
Years: 1995
Sampling comments: "Two to seven black nylon 30 mm mesh nets" were used "for a total of 446 net-h"
Metadata
Sample number: 1377
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-24 20:52:43
Modified: 2015-02-24 20:31:43
Abundance distribution
45 species
19 singletons
total count 258
geometric series index: 101.1
Fisher's α: 15.765
geometric series k: 0.9271
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9392
Shannon's H: 3.1556
Good's u: 0.9265
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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