Nilgala Forest Area
Basic information
Sample name: Nilgala Forest Area

Reference: D. M. S. Suranjan Karunarathna, U. T. Indika Abeywardena, M. D. Chandana Asela, and L. D. C. Bhathiya Kekulandala. 2008. A preliminary survey of the amphibian fauna in Nilgala Forest Area and its vicinity, Monaragala District, Sri Lanka. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 3(2):264-272 [ER 230]
Geography
Country: Sri Lanka


Coordinate: 7° 10' N, 81° 18' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: coordinate is midpoint of values given in text
altitude 200 - 700 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 28.0

WMT: 32.0

CMT: 24.0

MAP: 1750.0

Habitat comments: "lowland tropical dry-mixed evergreen forest"

Methods
Life forms: caecilians,frogs

Sampling methods: hand capture

Sample size: 267 individuals

Years: 2004, 2005

Sampling comments: all specimens were released

Metadata
Sample number: 471

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-18 21:10:31

Modified: 2014-03-18 10:10:31

Abundance distribution
20 species
1 singleton
total count 267
geometric series index: 24.0
Fisher's α: 5.006
geometric series k: 0.8306
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9277
Shannon's H: 2.7637
Good's u: 0.9963
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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