Alcanfores
Basic information
Sample name: Alcanfores
Sample aka: San Cristobal de las Casas
Reference: J. L. León-Cortés, U. Caballero, I. D. Miss-Barrera, and M. Girón-Intzin. 2019. Preserving butterfly diversity in an ever-expanding urban landscape? A case study in the highlands of Chiapas, México. Journal of Insect Conservation 23:405-418 [ER 3287]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Chiapas
Coordinate: 16° 43' 12" N, 92° 38' 17" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "in the Municipality of San Cristobal de las Casas" at Alcanfores
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 15.0
MAP: 1186.0
Habitat comments: "temperate sub-humid with summer rains, with an average precipitation and temperature of 1186 mm and 15 °C, respectively... The surrounding (suburban) vegetation includes a mosaic of successional stages associated with oak, pine-oak, and in upper parts, with cloud forest"
the site was "in the nearby vicinity of the urban landscape" but shown on a map as not within an inhabited area per se
the site was "in the nearby vicinity of the urban landscape" but shown on a map as not within an inhabited area per se
Methods
Life forms: butterflies
Sites: 1
Site length: 500
Site width: 500
Sampling methods: line transect,visual
Sample size: 283 captures or sightings
Years: 2006, 2008
Seasons: spring,summer,autumn
Sampling comments: a 500 x 500 m site
"All 500-m sites were surveyed in April–October 2006 and resurveyed in August–October 2008" (apparently using Pollard walks)
some voucher specimens were taken
35 transects in 2006 and 10 in 2008
"All 500-m sites were surveyed in April–October 2006 and resurveyed in August–October 2008" (apparently using Pollard walks)
some voucher specimens were taken
35 transects in 2006 and 10 in 2008
Metadata
Sample number: 3649
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2020-06-03 14:34:37
Modified: 2020-06-03 04:34:37
Abundance distribution
26 species
7 singletons
total count 283
geometric series index: 42.4
Fisher's α: 6.975
geometric series k: 0.8401
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8750
Shannon's H: 2.5423
Good's u: 0.9753
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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