Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary (secondary forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary (secondary forest)

Reference: S. Boonrotpong, S. Sotthibandhu, and C. Pholpunthin. 2004. Species composition of dung beetles in the primary and secondary forests at Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary. Science Asia 30:59-65 [ER 305]
Geography
Country: Thailand

State: Songkhla


Coordinate: 15° 58' N, 98° 50' E
Geography comments: coordinate based on ranges given in text
"less than 300 m above sea level"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: secondary forest

Protection: wildlife protected area

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 32.4

CMT: 24.3

MAP: 1071.0

Habitat comments: "abandoned rubber plantation" in what was a "tropical rain forest"
climate based on station 48400 (Nakhon Sawan)

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 25954 individuals

Years: 1999, 2000

Days: 21

Nets or traps: 60

Net or trap nights: 1260

Sampling comments: one end each of three 2 km line transects with pig dung baited 1-litre pitfall traps spaced 50 m apart (i.e., 60 traps) left out for 3 days every two months over 14 months for a total of 21 days

Metadata
Sample number: 612

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-27 20:38:55

Modified: 2015-09-28 10:31:43

Abundance distribution
13 species
0 singletons
total count 25954
geometric series index: 13.0
Fisher's α: 1.314
geometric series k: 0.6999
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8487
Shannon's H: 2.0915
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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