Maule Region
Basic information
Sample name: Maule Region

Reference: C. F. Estades, M. A. H. Escobar, J. A. Tomasevic, M. A. Vukasovic, and M. Pâez. 2006. Mist-nets versus point counts in the estimation of forest bird abundances in south-central Chile. Ornitologia Neotropical 17:203-212 [ER 798]
Geography
Country: Chile


Coordinate: 35° 24' S, 72° 15' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: plantation

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 19.8

CMT: 6.9

MAP: 481.0

Habitat comments: "originally covered by beech (Nothofagus spp.) forests" but they are now "immersed in a matrix of pine (Pinus radiata) plantations"
climate data based on station 85629 (Curicó)

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: mist nets

Sample size: 2231 individuals

Years: 1999 - 2002

Days: 240

Seasons: winter,spring,summer

Nets or traps: 9

Net or trap nights: 2160

Sampling comments: "38 mist netting stations" established "for about 20 days a month" that employed "32 mm-mesh mist-nets of 10 and 12 m long"; "between 6 and 12 nets" were open per day and locations were changed "every two days"; field seasons were in June, October, November, and February of three consecutive years

Metadata
Sample number: 1145

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-09-02 14:16:04

Modified: 2014-09-02 04:16:04

Abundance distribution
24 species
2 singletons
total count 2231
geometric series index: 29.1
Fisher's α: 3.757
geometric series k: 0.7640
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8602
Shannon's H: 2.2727
Good's u: 0.9991
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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