Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site (open)
Basic information
Sample name: Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site (open)

Reference: G. S. Keller and R. H. Yahner. 2002. Butterfly communities in two Pennsylvania national parks. Northeastern Naturalist 9(2):235-242 [ER 827]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Pennsylvania


Coordinate: 40° 31' N, 78° 24' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "10 km west of Altoona" (basis of coordinate)
elevation 346 to 734 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 23.4

CMT: -0.5

MAP: 954.0

Habitat comments: "deciduous forest is the dominant cover type (76% of total area) and is composed mainly of mature northern hardwoods"
climate data based on station 72520 (Pittsburgh International Airport)

Methods
Life forms: butterflies

Sites: 1

Site length: 500

Site width: 20

Sampling methods: belt transect,visual

Sample size: 302 captures or sightings

Years: 1998

Sampling comments: Pollard walk with butterflies counted up to 10 m on either side of the transect

Metadata
Sample number: 1176

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-09-30 15:05:29

Modified: 2014-09-30 05:05:29

Abundance distribution
18 species
5 singletons
total count 302
geometric series index: 30.1
Fisher's α: 4.196
geometric series k: 0.7763
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8305
Shannon's H: 2.0848
Good's u: 0.9835
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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