Wimborne St Giles Estate (pheasant rides)
Basic information
Sample name: Wimborne St Giles Estate (pheasant rides)

Reference: P. A. Robertson, M. I. A. Woodburn, and D. A. Hill. 1988. The effects of woodland management for pheasants on the abundance of butterflies in Dorset, England. Biological Conservation 45(3):159-167 [ER 831]
Geography
Country: United Kingdom

Coordinate: 51° 48' N, 2° 59' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "in South East Dorset" (coordinate based on Wimborne Minster)

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Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 17.1

CMT: 5.3

MAP: 816.0

Habitat comments: "clearings within the woodland, created and managed" for "pheasant shoots" and "cleared of scrub every three years"
climate data based on station 3862 (Bournemouth Airport)

Methods
Life forms: butterflies

Site length: 800.0

Site width: 5.0

Sampling methods: belt transect, visual

Sample size: 429 individuals

Years: 1986

Days: 6

Seasons: summer

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: Pollard walks: based on back-calculations from figures in the table, four 200 m long, 5 m wide transects each surveyed on six "occasions"

Metadata
Sample no: 1180

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-10-01 15:09:48

Modified: 2015-02-21 00:22:57

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
19 species
3 singletons
total count 429
geometric series index: 27.0
Fisher's α: 4.071
geometric series k: 0.7602
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8303
Shannon's H: 2.1561
Good's u: 0.993
Register
Pieris brassicae 22
Pieris rapae 52
Melanargia galathea 7
Goneptery rhamni 7
Pararge aegeria 15
Maniola jurtina 76
Lasiommata megera 3
Pyronia tithonus 33
Aphantopus hyperantus 139
Inachis io 3
Polygonia "c-album"2
Aglais urticae 1
Lagoda camilla 14
Boloria euphrosyne 2
Argynnis paphia 30
Ochlodes venatus 18
"Ochlodes venata"
Thymelicus sylvestris 3
Polyommatus icarus 1
Lycaena phlaeas 1