Santa Rita Experimental Range (mesquite with clearings)
Basic information
Sample name: Santa Rita Experimental Range (mesquite with clearings)
Reference: D. J. Germano and C. R. Hungerford. 1981. Reptile population changes with manipulation of Sonoran desert shrub. Great Basin Naturalist 41(1):129-138 [ER 262]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Arizona
Coordinate: 31° 50' N, 110° 51' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: coordinate based on Santa Rita Experimental Range
Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Altered habitat: pasture
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: grazing
WMT: 31.1
CMT: 11.5
MAP: 310.0
Habitat comments: lightly grazed pastures with native mesquite-dominated vegetation
precip 350 to 400 mm according to text; climate data based on station 722740 (Tucson International Airport)
precip 350 to 400 mm according to text; climate data based on station 722740 (Tucson International Airport)
Methods
Life forms: lizards
Sites: 4
Site length: 4800
Sampling methods: line transect,visual
Sample size: 362 individuals
Years: 1977, 1978
Sampling comments: four visually censused transect lines each 1200 m long
Metadata
Sample number: 528
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-22 13:26:45
Modified: 2014-04-26 03:58:23
Abundance distribution
7 species
1 singleton
total count 362
geometric series index: 8.6
Fisher's α: 1.231
geometric series k: 0.4102
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6169
Shannon's H: 1.2930
Good's u: 0.9972
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Register
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| Sceloporus magister | 5 | |
| Holbrookia maculata | 31 | |
| Urosaurus inornata | 42 | |
| Aspidoscelis tigris | 210 | |
| "Cnemidophorus tigris" | ||
| Aspidoscelis sonorae | 53 | |
| "Cnemidophorus sonorae" | ||
| Gambelia wislizenii | 1 | |