Salamanca (spring)
Basic information
Sample name: Salamanca (spring)

Reference: E. Galante, J. Mena, and C. Lumbreras. 1995. Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae) attracted to fresh cattle dung in wooded and open pasture. Environmental Entomology 24(5):1063-1068 [ER 327]
Geography
Country: Spain

State: Salamanca



Coordinate: 40.96° N, -5.67° W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Salamanca

Environment
Habitat: Mediterranean woodland

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 22.0

CMT: 5.0

MAP: 354.0

Habitat comments: "Mediterranean holm oak pasture" used for cattle grazing
climate data based on station 82020 (Salamanca airport)

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sampling methods: no design,baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 2621 individuals

Years: 1987, 1988

Days: 6

Seasons: spring

Nets or traps: 8

Net or trap nights: 48

Sampling comments: eight cattle-dung baited CSR pitfall traps "baited monthly for 2 d" on each occassion over three months

Metadata
Sample number: 644

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-29 08:59:23

Modified: 2015-09-30 04:19:06

Abundance distribution
19 species
2 singletons
total count 2621
geometric series index: 23.7
Fisher's α: 2.773
geometric series k: 0.6772
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7655
Shannon's H: 1.8796
Good's u: 0.9992
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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