Los Tuxtlas (coati dung/nocturnal)
Basic information
Sample name: Los Tuxtlas (coati dung/nocturnal)

Reference: A. Estrada, G. Halffter, R. Coates-Estrada, and D. A. Meritt Jr. 1993. Dung beetles attracted to mammalian herbivore (Alouatta palliata) and omnivore (Nasua narica) dung in the tropical rain forest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Journal of Tropical Ecology 9(1):45-54 [ER 298]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: Veracruz


Coordinate: 18° 34' N, 95° 4' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: elevation 150 - 530 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: biosphere reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 25.0

MAP: 4900.0

Habitat comments: "lowland evergreen tropical rain forest"

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 50

Site length: 500

Site width: 5

Sampling methods: belt transect,baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 709 individuals

Years: 1988

Days: 12

Nets or traps: 50

Net or trap nights: 600

Sampling comments: 50 dung-baited pitfall traps "arranged in two rows 5 m apart... along a 500 m belt transect" were used for one day once a month over 12 months

Metadata
Sample number: 599

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-27 14:07:24

Modified: 2020-01-14 10:14:51

Abundance distribution
15 species
5 singletons
total count 709
geometric series index: 25.5
Fisher's α: 2.689
geometric series k: 0.6673
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6979
Shannon's H: 1.4924
Good's u: 0.9929
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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