Estación Experimental del Secretariado Uruguayo de la Lana (bovine dung)
Basic information
Sample name: Estación Experimental del Secretariado Uruguayo de la Lana (bovine dung)
Reference: E. Morelli, P. Gonzalez-Vainer, and A. Baz. 1997. Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) inhabiting bovine and ovine droppings in Uruguayan prairies. Coleopterists Bulletin 51(2):197 [ER 301]
Geography
Country: Uruguay
Coordinate: 33° 52' S, 55° 33' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "in Cerro Colorado" (basis of coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 21.7
CMT: 9.7
MAP: 1110.0
Habitat comments: climate based on station 86580 (Carrasco airport)
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sampling methods: hand capture
Sample size: 1279 individuals
Years: 1992 - 1994
Sampling comments: taxonomic updates provided by Morelli et al. 2002
Metadata
Sample number: 604
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-27 15:32:54
Modified: 2014-04-25 11:04:45
Abundance distribution
12 species
0 singletons
total count 1279
geometric series index: 12.8
Fisher's α: 1.832
geometric series k: 0.6295
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7662
Shannon's H: 1.7886
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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