Wongabel State Forest
Basic information
Sample name: Wongabel State Forest

Reference: H. F. Howden, A. T. Howden, and R. I. Storey. 1991. Nocturnal perching to scarabaeine dung beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) in an Australian tropical rain forest. Biotropica 23(1):51-57 [ER 343]
Geography
Country: Australia

State: Queensland


Coordinate: 17° 19' S, 145° 28' E
Geography comments: "8 km south of Atherton"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 27.8

CMT: 21.5

MAP: 1405.0

Habitat comments: "tropical, wet, evergreen forest"
MAP stated in text; CMT and WMT based on climate station 94287 (Aeroglen airport)

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 1

Sampling methods: baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 97 individuals

Years: 1988, 1989

Days: 2

Net or trap nights: 15

Sampling comments: two one-day nocturnal dung trap surveys, with the first using six "human feces"-baited traps and the second using six traps baited with "fermenting fruits" and three baited "with commercial mushrooms"
additional data on perching beetles are NOT entered because they are not representative of the actual community at this site

Metadata
Sample number: 666

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-30 21:21:26

Modified: 2015-10-01 10:51:54

Abundance distribution
12 species
5 singletons
total count 97
geometric series index: 26.7
Fisher's α: 3.605
geometric series k: 0.7363
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7690
Shannon's H: 1.7350
Good's u: 0.9489
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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