Sample name: Las Cuevas Research Station (San Pastor logged plot)

Sample aka: Chiquibul National Park

Reference: O. T. Lewis. 2001. Effect of experimental selective logging on tropical butterflies. Conservation Biology 15(2):389-400 [ER 938]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: selective logging

MAT: 23.9

MAP: 1560.0

Habitat comments: "deciduous seasonal forest and deciduous/semi-evergreen seasonal forest" that has historically "been subject to low-intensity selective logging" and "repeated hurricane damage and associated fires"
9.8% of the basal area, i.e., about 6 stems/ha, was logged in 1995
climate data are for the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve and are from Meave and Kellman (1994, J Biogeogr)

Life forms: butterflies

Sampling methods: baited

Sample size: 362 individuals

Years: 1997, 1998

Days: 87

Sampling comments: "Van Someren-Rydon traps baited with mashed, over-ripe bananas" with either one or four traps placed in the plot at a time (number of trapping days using each amount is unclear)

Sample number: 1413

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-27 14:03:33

Modified: 2016-12-13 08:46:59