Kibale National Park (K15)
Basic information
Sample name: Kibale National Park (K15)
Reference: M. Nummelin and I. Hanski. 1989. Dung beetles of the Kibale Forest, Uganda: comparison between virgin and managed forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 5:349-352 [ER 295]
Geography
Country: Uganda
Coordinate: 0° 27' N, 30° 26' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: selective logging
WMT: 21.6
CMT: 19.9
MAP: 1500.0
Habitat comments: "moist evergreen forest" that was "selectively felled" in 1968 - 1969
MAP given in text; CMT and WMT based on station 64387 (Kigali International Airport), which is not very close but is at almost the same altitude
MAP given in text; CMT and WMT based on station 64387 (Kigali International Airport), which is not very close but is at almost the same altitude
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sampling methods: baited,pitfall traps
Sample size: 712 individuals
Years: 1984 - 1986
Nets or traps: 44
Net or trap nights: 132
Sampling comments: human dung-baited pitfalls
trap and trap-night totals are given in the text
trap and trap-night totals are given in the text
Metadata
Sample number: 1264
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-18 10:47:47
Modified: 2015-10-02 21:41:09
Abundance distribution
17 species
5 singletons
total count 712
geometric series index: 28.0
Fisher's α: 3.130
geometric series k: 0.6883
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6523
Shannon's H: 1.5518
Good's u: 0.9930
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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