Pine Bush
Basic information
Sample name: Pine Bush

Reference: M. M. Stewart and J. Rossi. 1981. The Albany Pine Bush: a northern outpost for southern species of amphibians and reptiles in New York. American Midland Naturalist 106(2):282-292 [ER 161]
Geography
Country: United States

State: New York


Coordinate: 42.69° N, -73.82° W
Geography comments: "generally.. 52-112 m" in elevation
coordinate based on SUNY Albany (within the field area)

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 8.5

MAP: 825.0

Habitat comments: dominated by pine and scrub oaks

Methods
Life forms: snakes,turtles,frogs,salamanders

Sampling methods: no design,hand capture,visual

Sample size: 2289 individuals

Years: 1975 - 1977

Sampling comments: based on visual sightings and (apparently) hand captures

Metadata
Sample number: 361

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-13 15:26:33

Modified: 2014-04-01 09:43:20

Abundance distribution
29 species
6 singletons
total count 2289
geometric series index: 47.1
Fisher's α: 4.682
geometric series k: 0.7866
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7980
Shannon's H: 1.9719
Good's u: 0.9974
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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