Southwest of Port Harcourt (pristine mangrove)
Basic information
Sample name: Southwest of Port Harcourt (pristine mangrove)

Reference: L. Luiselli and G. C. Akani. 2002. An investigation into the composition, complexity and functioning of snake communities in the mangroves of south-eastern Nigeria. African Journal of Ecology 40:220-227 [ER 285]
Geography
Country: Nigeria

State: Rivers



Coordinate: 4° 45' N, 6° 50' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "between the rivers Nun and Brass, in the Niger Delta" (coordinate based on Rivers State)

Environment
Habitat: mangrove

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 27.8

CMT: 23.7

MAP: 2436.0

Habitat comments: "pristine arboreal mangrove"
climate data are for Port Harcourt and from Uko and Tamunobereton-Ari (2013): min/max CMT (June) 21.78/25.71, min/max WMT (Feb) 22.49/33.08

Methods
Life forms: snakes

Sampling methods: timed,drift fences,pitfall traps,hand capture

Sample size: 69 individuals

Years: 1996 - 2000

Metadata
Sample number: 572

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-26 13:09:13

Modified: 2014-04-26 00:52:04

Abundance distribution
12 species
3 singletons
total count 69
geometric series index: 21.7
Fisher's α: 4.198
geometric series k: 0.7582
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8289
Shannon's H: 2.0411
Good's u: 0.9578
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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