Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (no harvest management)
Basic information
Sample name: Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (no harvest management)

Reference: A. Masís and R. J. Marquis. 2009. Effects of even-aged and uneven-aged timber management on dung beetle community attributes in a Missouri Ozark forest. Forest Ecology and Management 257:536-545 [ER 1060]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Missouri


Coordinate: 37° 9' N, 91° 4' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: " in Shannon, Reynolds, and Carter Counties in southeastern Missouri" (coordinate based on Current River Conservation Area, which is roughly at the midpoint of these three counties)

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 32.0

CMT: -7.0

MAP: 1140.0

Habitat comments: "primarily oak–hickory and oak– pine communities... the landscape is 84% forested"
climate data are apparently for the MOFEP and are from Fan et al. (2008, Forest Ecology and Management)

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 3

Sampling methods: baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 902 individuals

Days: 6

Nets or traps: 24

Net or trap nights: 144

Sampling comments: "72 pitfall traps baited with approximately half a tablespoon of fresh human dung" with "eight traps per site, with four in open canopy areas, and four in closed canopy forest"; there were three sampling sessions with two one-day sampling events per session

Metadata
Sample number: 1567

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-05-19 11:53:20

Modified: 2016-01-17 06:24:40

Abundance distribution
15 species
3 singletons
total count 902
geometric series index: 19.8
Fisher's α: 2.556
geometric series k: 0.6887
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8536
Shannon's H: 2.1036
Good's u: 0.9967
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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