Chamela Biosphere Reserve (conserved)
Basic information
Sample name: Chamela Biosphere Reserve (conserved)
Reference: I. Suazo-Ortuño, J. Alvarado-Díaz, and M. Martínez-Ramos. 2008. Effects of conversion of dry tropical forest to agricultural mosaic on herpetofaunal assemblages. Conservation Biology 22(2):362-374 [ER 288]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Jalisco
Coordinate: 20° 30' N, 105° 3' W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Protection: biosphere reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 24.6
MAP: 788.0
Habitat comments: "tropical dry forest"
Methods
Life forms: lizards, snakes, turtles, frogs
Sites: 30
Site area: 3.0
Sampling methods: belt transect, hand capture
Sample size: 779 individuals
Net or trap nights: 0
Sampling comments: ten 100 x 10 m plots each in three watersheds
all individuals were captured, marked, and released
all individuals were captured, marked, and released
Metadata
Sample no: 582
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-26 17:45:56
Modified: 2014-03-26 06:45:56
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
50 species
11 singletons
total count 779
geometric series index: 85.4
Fisher's α: 11.919
geometric series k: 0.9017
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8824
Shannon's H: 2.6555
Good's u: 0.9859
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