Mt. Samsai
Basic information
Sample name: Mt. Samsai
Sample aka: Hunstein Range
Reference: J. H. Cox and T. C. Emmel. 2010. Ecological surveys of the Lepidoptera fauna of the Hunstein Range, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, emphasizing butterfly populations and habitat in the Mt. Samsai area. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 20(2):88-99 [ER 2903]
Geography
Country: Papua New Guinea
State: East Sepik
Coordinate: 4° 31' S, 142° 36' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: sites are distributed along a single long route
coordinate is the approximate midpoint of stated values
elevation 23 to 1110 m
coordinate is the approximate midpoint of stated values
elevation 23 to 1110 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "densely forested and almost uninhabited... barely affected by human activities"
Methods
Life forms: butterflies
Sites: 21
Sampling methods: no design,butterfly nets
Sample size: 917 individuals
Years: 2003
Days: 14
Sampling comments: "Lepidoptera were captured by standard netting techniques" between 9 and 22 October 2003
Metadata
Sample number: 3119
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2018-12-21 16:32:40
Modified: 2018-12-21 05:32:40
Abundance distribution
101 species
26 singletons
total count 917
geometric series index: 164.6
Fisher's α: 28.975
geometric series k: 0.9561
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9712
Shannon's H: 4.0077
Good's u: 0.9717
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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