Chamela Biosphere Reserve (conserved)
Basic information
Sample name: Chamela Biosphere Reserve (conserved)

Reference: I. Suazo-Ortuño, J. Alvarado-Díaz, and M. Martínez-Ramos. 2008. Effects of conversion of dry tropical forest to agricultural mosaic on herpetofaunal assemblages. Conservation Biology 22(2):362-374 [ER 288]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: Jalisco


Coordinate: 19° 30' N, 105° 3' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: biosphere reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 24.6

MAP: 788.0

Habitat comments: "tropical dry forest"

Methods
Life forms: lizards,snakes,turtles,frogs

Sites: 30

Site area: 3

Sampling methods: belt transect,hand capture

Sample size: 779 individuals

Sampling comments: ten 100 x 10 m plots each in three watersheds
all individuals were captured, marked, and released

Metadata
Sample number: 582

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-26 17:45:56

Modified: 2014-03-26 06:45:56

Abundance distribution
50 species
11 singletons
total count 779
geometric series index: 85.4
Fisher's α: 11.919
geometric series k: 0.9017
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8824
Shannon's H: 2.6555
Good's u: 0.9859
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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