Purple Springs Grazing Reserve A
Basic information
Sample name: Purple Springs Grazing Reserve A

Reference: N. Kadiri, J.-P. Lumaret, and K. D. Floate. 2014. Functional diversity and seasonal activity of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) on native grasslands in southern Alberta, Canada. Canadian Entomologist 146(3):291-305 [ER 345]
Geography
Country: Canada

State: Alberta



Coordinate: 49° 52' 25" N, 111° 54' 12" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 18.8

CMT: -8.6

MAP: 368.0

Habitat comments: "short grass prairie"

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sampling methods: baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 14891 individuals

Years: 2008 - 2010

Days: 504

Nets or traps: 5

Net or trap nights: 2520

Sampling comments: five dung-baited pitfall traps "operated from 19 May to 17 October 2008, 20 April to 9 October 2009, and 20 April to 15 October 2010"

Metadata
Sample number: 670

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-31 09:46:35

Modified: 2015-10-01 11:01:21

Abundance distribution
12 species
0 singletons
total count 14891
geometric series index: 12.4
Fisher's α: 1.282
geometric series k: 0.5161
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6180
Shannon's H: 1.3662
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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