Cozumel Island
Basic information
Sample name: Cozumel Island

Reference: C. A. López-Gonzalez and A. Gonzalez-Romero. 1997. The lizard community from Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana 72:27-33 [ER 278]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: Quintana Roo


Coordinate: 20° 21' 30" N, 86° 55' 0" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: coordinate based on ranges given in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 25.5

MAP: 1505.0

Habitat comments: "tropical semideciduous forest" in general with sampling of beach, coastal scrub, coconut plantation, mangrove forest, low flooded forest, and tropical semideciduous forest habitats
climate data based on McFadden et al. (2009, Biodivers Conserv)

Methods
Life forms: lizards

Sites: 19

Sampling methods: line transect,hand capture

Sample size: 384 individuals

Years: 1985, 1986, 1990

Sampling comments: 19 500 to 700 m long transects
combination of sight records and captures "by hand or with rubber bands"

Metadata
Sample number: 554

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-25 20:06:12

Modified: 2014-08-22 03:07:04

Abundance distribution
9 species
0 singletons
total count 384
geometric series index: 9.5
Fisher's α: 1.650
geometric series k: 0.6860
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8312
Shannon's H: 1.9250
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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