San Martín Volcano (pastures)
Basic information
Sample name: San Martín Volcano (pastures)

Reference: A. Díaz, E. Galante, and M. E. Favila. 2010. The effect of the landscape matrix on the distribution of dung and carrion beetles in a fragmented tropical rain forest. Journal of Insect Science 10(81):1-16 [ER 335]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: Veracruz


Coordinate: 18° 29' 4" N, 95° 13' 28" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.0

MAP: 4500.0

Habitat comments: "pastures"

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 2

Site length: 280

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 158 individuals

Years: 2001, 2002

Days: 84

Nets or traps: 16

Net or trap nights: 1344

Sampling comments: human dung and fish carrion "baited pitfall traps arranged along transects" set "monthly for six days and six nights... between July and September in 2001 and 2002" (i.e., over 84 days and nights); there were two transects each with eight traps separated by 20 m

Metadata
Sample number: 1273

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-18 11:31:58

Modified: 2015-10-02 21:50:38

Abundance distribution
12 species
2 singletons
total count 158
geometric series index: 19.9
Fisher's α: 3.017
geometric series k: 0.6539
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5194
Shannon's H: 1.2745
Good's u: 0.9876
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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