Chamela Biosphere Reserve (disturbed)
Basic information
Sample name: Chamela Biosphere Reserve (disturbed)

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: 19° 30' N, 105° 3' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: disturbed forest

Protection: biosphere reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: agriculture,grazing,selective logging

MAT: 24.6

MAP: 788.0

Habitat comments: "tropical dry forest"
disturbance includes "subsistence cultivation, small pastures for cattle, and selective extraction of trees for firewood"

Methods
Life forms: lizards,snakes,turtles,frogs

Sites: 30

Site area: 3

Sampling methods: belt transect,hand capture

Sample size: 876 individuals

Sampling comments: ten 100 x 10 m plots each in three watersheds
all individuals were captured, marked, and released

Metadata
Sample number: 583

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-26 17:51:14

Modified: 2015-07-07 06:59:02

Abundance distribution
48 species
15 singletons
total count 876
geometric series index: 87.7
Fisher's α: 10.915
geometric series k: 0.8994
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9038
Shannon's H: 2.7299
Good's u: 0.9829
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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