Avalon Peninsula
Basic information
Sample name: Avalon Peninsula

Reference: T. A. Wheeler and W. Threlfall. 1986. Observations on the ectoparasites of some Newfoundland passerines (Aves: Passeriformes). Canadian Journal of Zoology 64:630-636 [ER 812]
Geography
Country: Canada

State: Newfoundland


Coordinate: 47.29° N, -53.35° W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "at several locations on the Avalon Peninsula" (coordinate based on Avalon Peninsula)

Environment
Habitat: boreal forest/taiga

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 15.6

CMT: -4.4

MAP: 1334.0

Habitat comments: MAP 50 to 55": climate data are for the Avalon Peninsula and are from Wilton (1956, Forest Resources of the Avalon Peninsula Newfoundland)

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: mist nets

Sample size: 144 individuals

Years: 1984

Seasons: summer

Sampling comments: no details are given

Metadata
Sample number: 1161

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-09-14 16:34:00

Modified: 2014-09-14 06:34:00

Abundance distribution
17 species
6 singletons
total count 144
geometric series index: 30.6
Fisher's α: 5.011
geometric series k: 0.8243
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8933
Shannon's H: 2.3939
Good's u: 0.9584
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Empidonax flaviventris111.8 g insectivore
Sturnus vulgaris17.9 g insectivore
Turdus migratorius1878.5 g insectivore-frugivore
Regulus calendula16.5 g insectivore
Poecile hudsonicus12
"Parus hudsonicus"
Poecile atricapillus510.8 g
"Parus atricapillus"
Catharus ustulatus130.3 g insectivore-frugivore
Catharus minimus1432.6 g insectivore-frugivore
Setophaga striata20
"Dendroica striata"
Setophaga coronata2
"Dendroica coronata"
Mniotilta varia110.9 g insectivore
Parkesia noveboracensis14 insectivore
"Seiurus noveboracensis"
Passerella iliaca172.0 g insectivore-granivore
Zonotrichia albicollis124.4 g insectivore-granivore
Junco hyemalis221.6 g insectivore-granivore
Pinicola enucleator356.4 g
Carduelis pinus1112.7 g granivore