Maputo Special Reserve (reserve grassland)
Basic information
Sample name: Maputo Special Reserve (reserve grassland)
Reference: C. T. Jacobs, C. H. Scholtz, F. Escobar, and A. L. V. Davis. 2010. How might intensification of farming influence dung beetle diversity (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Maputo Special Reserve (Mozambique)?. Journal of Insect Conservation 14(4):389-399 [ER 318]
Geography
Country: Mozambique
Coordinate: -26.5° S, 32.8° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Geography comments: "50–70 km south of Maputo"
coordinate estimated from map in text
altitude 25 to 60 m
coordinate estimated from map in text
altitude 25 to 60 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 22.4
MAP: 767.0
Habitat comments: precip 765 to 768 mm
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sites: 3
Sampling methods: baited,pitfall traps
Sample size: 10879 individuals
Years: 2007
Days: 2
Nets or traps: 15
Net or trap nights: 60
Sampling comments: five pig dung-baited pitfall traps in three sites operated for 48 hours on apparently one occasion
Metadata
Sample number: 631
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-28 13:20:23
Modified: 2015-09-29 10:07:28
Abundance distribution
36 species
6 singletons
total count 10879
geometric series index: 46.6
Fisher's α: 4.639
geometric series k: 0.7982
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8609
Shannon's H: 2.2997
Good's u: 0.9994
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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