Dhaka (cattle dung)
Basic information
Sample name: Dhaka (cattle dung)

Reference: S. M. H. Kabir, A. Kabir, and M. Z. R. Majumder. 1990. Relative abundance and species composition of some dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in Bangladesh. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 4:439-443 [ER 310]
Geography
Country: Bangladesh


Coordinate: 23° 42' 0" N, 90° 22' 30" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "from various localities of Dhaka and several other districts of Bangladesh"
coordinate based on Dhaka

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: pasture

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 28.9

CMT: 22.9

MAP: 2137.0

Habitat comments: presumably mostly pastures because most specimens are from cattle dung
there is no nearby climate station; climate data are based on Nazmul Karim et al. (2012, Indian J Med Res)

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sampling methods: no design,hand capture

Sample size: 396 individuals

Sampling comments: specimens were collected from natural droppings

Metadata
Sample number: 620

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-28 10:40:54

Modified: 2020-01-14 04:43:22

Abundance distribution
16 species
0 singletons
total count 396
geometric series index: 19.1
Fisher's α: 3.346
geometric series k: 0.7354
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7107
Shannon's H: 1.8444
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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