El Hato del Volcan (large traps)
Basic information
Sample name: El Hato del Volcan (large traps)

Reference: S. B. Peck and H. F. Howden. 1984. Response of a dung beetle guild to different sizes of dung bait in a Panamanian rainforest. Biotropica 16(3):235-238 [ER 292]
Geography
Country: Panama

State: Chiriqui


Coordinate: 8° 46' N, 82° 38' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "near El Hato del Volcan" (coordinate based on Volcan)
elevation 1000 to 1760 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "remnant tracts of lower montane rainforest"
there is no nearby climate station and apparently no published literature giving any useful climate information

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sampling methods: baited,other traps

Sample size: 2341 individuals

Net or trap nights: 34

Sampling comments: large baits suspended over 2-liter plastic buckets

Metadata
Sample number: 589

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-27 10:05:36

Modified: 2015-09-28 08:06:01

Abundance distribution
22 species
5 singletons
total count 2341
geometric series index: 31.8
Fisher's α: 3.360
geometric series k: 0.7003
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4143
Shannon's H: 1.0577
Good's u: 0.9979
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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