Kurukshetra
Basic information
Sample name: Kurukshetra

Reference: N. Kakkar and S. K. Gupta. 2010. Diversity and seasonal fluctuations in dung beetle (Coleoptera) community in Kurukshetra, India. Entomological Research 40:189-192 [ER 319]
Geography
Country: India

State: Haryana


Coordinate: 29° 58' N, 76° 51' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 32.0

CMT: 14.5

MAP: 582.0

Habitat comments: "a forest" in a "semiarid" environment
cold month min/max 7/35, warm month min/max 22/42

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sampling methods: baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 990 individuals

Years: 2007

Days: 13

Nets or traps: 5

Net or trap nights: 65

Sampling comments: five cattle dung-baited pitfall traps installed weekly over a four month period (i.e., 13 times) and operated for 24 hours on each occasion

Metadata
Sample number: 632

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-28 14:43:05

Modified: 2015-09-29 10:10:30

Abundance distribution
31 species
6 singletons
total count 990
geometric series index: 46.3
Fisher's α: 6.080
geometric series k: 0.8251
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8387
Shannon's H: 2.2885
Good's u: 0.9939
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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