Barro Colorado Island (1997)
Basic information
Sample name: Barro Colorado Island (1997)
Reference: T. D. Lambert and G. H. Adler. 2000. Microhabitat use by a tropical forest rodent, Proechimys semispinosus, in central Panama. Journal of Mammalogy 81(1):70-76 [ER 849]
Geography
Country: Panama
Coordinate: 9° 9' N, 79° 51' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 27.0
MAP: 2612.0
Habitat comments: climate is "highly seasonal" with a "severe dry season of 4 months"
MAP stated in text; MAT is for BCI and is based on Leigh (1999, Tropical Forest Ecology)
MAP stated in text; MAT is for BCI and is based on Leigh (1999, Tropical Forest Ecology)
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sites: 4
Sampling methods: line transect,Sherman traps,Tomahawk traps
Sample size: 84 individuals
Years: 1997
Nets or traps: 1196
Net or trap nights: 11960
Sampling comments: four transects, three each consisting of 75 stations and the other of 74 stations, each station including 2 Tomahawk trap and 2 Sherman trap and stations being spaced 20 m apart
"Sampling effort was divided equally... between traps set on the ground and in trees and lianas"
"Sampling effort was divided equally... between traps set on the ground and in trees and lianas"
Metadata
Sample number: 1201
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-14 19:45:18
Modified: 2015-12-01 01:54:24
Abundance distribution
5 species
2 singletons
total count 84
extrapolated richness: 10.2
Fisher's α: 1.165
geometric series k: 0.3410
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.2094
Shannon's H: 0.5041
Good's u: 0.9762
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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