Tongling
Basic information
Sample name: Tongling

Reference: D. S. Sikes, J. Ruzicka, M. Kon, and T. Ochi. 2013. Coleoptera associated with vertebrate necromass and dung. In A Rapid Biological Assessment of three sites in the Mountains of Southwest China Hotspot, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China (eds. L. E. Alonso, S. Liu, X. Shen, J. McCullough), pp. 85-90 [ER 369]
Geography
Country: China

State: Sichuan


Coordinate: 30° 29' N, 102° 18' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "Kangding County, Pengta Town, Tongling village road up Zhong Gu Lou gou Valley 2392 - 2915 m"
coordinates are midpoints of ranges stated in text

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: climate unclear as this is a very mountainous region and there is no nearby climate station

Methods
Life forms: beetles,scarab beetles

Sampling methods: no design,pitfall traps

Sample size: 134 individuals

Sampling comments: "Each trap line consisted of 20 hanging traps and 10 ground traps" that were "placed ca. 300 m from each other" and "checked daily" over a 20 day period

Metadata
Sample number: 701

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-01 21:45:46

Modified: 2015-10-02 11:04:04

Abundance distribution
20 species
7 singletons
total count 134
geometric series index: 46.6
Fisher's α: 6.511
geometric series k: 0.8048
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7380
Shannon's H: 1.9319
Good's u: 0.9485
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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