University of Georgia San Luis Research Station
Basic information
Sample name: University of Georgia San Luis Research Station

Reference: S. M. Hernandez, V. E. Peters, P. L. Weygandt, C. Jimenez, P. Villegas, B. O'Connor, M. J. Yabsley, M. Garcia, S. M. Riblet, and C. R. Carroll. 2013. Do shade-grown coffee plantations pose a disease risk for wild birds?. EcoHealth 10(2):145-158 [ER 913]
Geography
Country: Costa Rica

State: Guanacaste


Coordinate: 10° 16' N, 84° 47' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: secondary forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 18.5

MAP: 2500.0

Habitat comments: "the pre-montane life zone... forest fragments of old secondary growth (~75 years)" (fragment sizes not indicated)
climate data are for the nearby Monteverde Cloud Forest and are from Anchukaitis et al. (2008)

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sites: 3

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 525 individuals

Years: 2005 - 2008

Seasons: dry,wet or monsoon

Nets or traps: 10

Sampling comments: "eight to twelve" 38 mm mist nets deployed for an unclear number of days
one of three sites was actually at the nearby Finca La Bella plantation

Metadata
Sample number: 1373

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-24 15:24:32

Modified: 2015-09-27 06:50:23

Abundance distribution
42 species
12 singletons
total count 525
geometric series index: 71.9
Fisher's α: 10.743
geometric series k: 0.8905
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9042
Shannon's H: 2.8445
Good's u: 0.9772
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae566.9 g insectivore
Mniotilta varia110.9 g insectivore
Catharus mexicanus133.0 g
Momotus momota1010.6 g carnivore-insectivore
Cardellina canadensis1
Turdus grayi1879.5 g insectivore-frugivore
Chlorospingus ophthalmicus32.2 g frugivore-insectivore
Myiarchus tuberculifer42.3 g insectivore-frugivore
Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis5
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris124.3 g insectivore
Basileuterus culicivorus1010.5 g insectivore-frugivore
Troglodytes aedon21.8 g insectivore
Ramphastos sulfuratus120.7 g granivore-frugivore
Geothlypis formosa4
Hylophilus decurtatus42.9 g insectivore
Chiroxiphia linearis11617.0 g
Elaenia frantzii119.6 g frugivore
Mionectes oleagineus192.3 g insectivore-frugivore
Sittasomus griseicapillus72.6 g insectivore
Mionectes olivaceus23.8 g frugivore-insectivore
Catharus aurantiirostris6429.8 g insectivore-frugivore
Seiurus aurocapilla718.8 g insectivore
"Seiurus aurocapillus"
Thryothorus modestus33.9 g insectivore
Habia rubica1234.0 g insectivore-frugivore
Thryothorus rutilus116.5 g
Dendrocincla homochroa336.1 g insectivore
Basileuterus rufifrons3610.4 g
Thryothorus rufalbus274.7 g insectivore
Ramphocelus passerinii132.0 g frugivore-insectivore
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii125.7 g insectivore
Catharus ustulatus830.3 g insectivore-frugivore
Melozone leucotis6039.9 g
Turdus assimilis770.2 g omnivore
Leptotila verreauxi511.6 g granivore-frugivore
Cardellina pusilla2 insectivore
Hylocichla mustelina2347.8 g insectivore-frugivore
Helmitheros vermivorum113.2 g insectivore
Capsiempis flaveola27.7 g insectivore
Amblycercus holosericeus17.3 g insectivore-frugivore
Empidonax flavescens112.5 g
Atlapetes albinucha45.9 g frugivore-insectivore
Euphonia hirundinacea1114.0 g insectivore-frugivore