Motichur Sanctuary (1998 - 99, Site 2)
Basic information
Sample name: Motichur Sanctuary (1998 - 99, Site 2)

Sample aka: Rajaji National Park

Reference: P. C. Joshi. 2007. Community structure and habitat selection of butterflies in Rajaji National Park, a moist deciduous forest in Uttaranchal, India. Tropical Ecology 48(1):119-123 [ER 2246]
Geography
Country: India

State: Uttarakhand


Coordinate: 29° 45' 0" N, 77° 12' 30" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "in a protected forest in the Motichur Sanctuary of Rajaji National Park" in Uttaranchal
elevation 360 to 440 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: secondary forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 1005.0

Habitat comments: "subtropical with distinct summer, winter and rainy seasons. The annual precipitation was 1060 mm and 950 mm in the first and second year of study, respectively... Site 2: Natural forest of Shorea robusta. Ground vegetation mainly Cynodon dactylon, Veronia conizoides and Leucas mollissima...
Previously logged but now free from human disturbances"

Methods
Life forms: butterflies

Sampling methods: no design,sweep nets

Sample size: 120 individuals

Years: 1998, 1999

Sampling comments: "Sampling of insects was done using systematic net sweeps at 15 days interval" (length of study interval is unclear)

Metadata
Sample number: 2300

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-10-20 20:36:24

Modified: 2016-10-20 09:36:24

Abundance distribution
19 species
8 singletons
total count 120
geometric series index: 45.6
Fisher's α: 6.355
geometric series k: 0.8004
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7462
Shannon's H: 1.9671
Good's u: 0.9339
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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