Vilela Farm
Basic information
Sample name: Vilela Farm

Reference: C. H. Marchiori, E. R. Caldas, and K. G. S. Almeida. 2003. Succession of Scarabaeidae on bovine dung in Itumbiara, Goiâs, Brazil. Neotropical Entomology 32(1):173-176 [ER 1062]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Goiâs



Coordinate: 18° 25' S, 49° 13' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "5 km distant from downtown Itumbiara"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "approximately 29 ha where 50 heads of 'Girolanda' breed dairy cattle are raised"

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sampling methods: baited

Sample size: 3229 individuals

Years: 2001

Sampling comments: "Hand made dung pads of approximately 2 liters each were placed into 10 circular plastic trays" which were "placed at the ground level"; there were 10 sampling events but the number of sampling hours varied considerably

Metadata
Sample number: 1570

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-05-19 13:19:18

Modified: 2015-05-19 03:19:18

Abundance distribution
14 species
0 singletons
total count 3229
geometric series index: 15.1
Fisher's α: 1.879
geometric series k: 0.5834
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5113
Shannon's H: 1.2202
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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