Buldhana District
Basic information
Sample name: Buldhana District

Reference: P. S. Joshi and V. T. Tantarpale. 2016. Diversity of Saurian fauna in the Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 9:306-311 [ER 2275]
Geography
Country: India

State: Maharashtra



Coordinate: 21° 4' N, 76° 28' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "in the Amravati division... between 19º51' N and 21º17' N latitude and 75º57' E and 76º59' E longitude"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 34.9

CMT: 21.4

MAP: 797.0

Habitat comments: "The climatic condition of this district is characterized by a hot summer, well-distributed rainfall during the south-west monsoon season, and generally dry weather during the rest of the year... During summer, the mean daily maximum temperature was 42.3ºC and the minimum was 27.4ºC, and it decreased toward winter with a mean daily maximum temperature of 27.6ºC and a minimum of 15.1ºC"

Methods
Life forms: lizards

Sampling methods: no design,visual

Sample size: 295 captures or sightings

Years: 2014, 2015

Sampling comments: field work was "during February 2014 to January 2015" and "The survey was made using a 'visual encounter survey' method... as well as by employing randomized walking"

Metadata
Sample number: 2375

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-12-17 16:01:07

Modified: 2016-12-17 05:01:07

Abundance distribution
14 species
1 singleton
total count 295
geometric series index: 16.5
Fisher's α: 3.057
geometric series k: 0.7501
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8947
Shannon's H: 2.3761
Good's u: 0.9966
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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