Xom Du (secondary forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Xom Du (secondary forest)
Sample aka: Xuan Son National Park
Reference: V. L. Vu. 2015. Diversity of butterfly communities in different habitats in limestone tropical rain forest of Vietnam. Russian Entomological Journal 24(3):247-256 [ER 2259]
Geography
Country: Vietnam
State: Phu Tho
Coordinate: 21° 7' 30" N, 104° 56' 0" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: "in Xuan Son National Park" and specifically "in Xom Du village"
elevation 400 to 450 m
elevation 400 to 450 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 22.5
Habitat comments: "limestone tropical rain forest... The average temperature in the area is from 22 to 23 Degree Celsius" (no specific description of disturbance history is given)
Methods
Life forms: butterflies
Sampling methods: line transect,visual
Sample size: 404 captures or sightings
Years: 2010
Sampling comments: a 600-m transect; "The study was carried out for 7 days in June 2010, 6 days in May 2011, and 7 days in June 2012" but the amount of time spent on this particular transect is unclear; "A modification of the line transect count [Pollard, 1977] was used to determine species richness and abundance of butterfly communities in different habitats"
Metadata
Sample number: 2330
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-10-23 20:56:33
Modified: 2016-10-23 09:56:33
Abundance distribution
116 species
19 singletons
total count 404
geometric series index: 207.6
Fisher's α: 54.442
geometric series k: 0.9767
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9868
Shannon's H: 4.5318
Good's u: 0.9534
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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