Meru National Park
Basic information
Sample name: Meru National Park

Reference: D. V. Wasonga, A. Bekele, S. Lötters, and M. Balakrishnan. 2006. Amphibian abundance and diversity in Meru National Park, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 45:55-61 [ER 207]
Geography
Country: Kenya



Coordinate: 0° 15' 0" N, 38° 12' 30" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: coordinate based on ranges for the park given in text
altitude 300 to 850 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 29.5

CMT: 25.5

MAP: 720.0

Habitat comments: grassland and bushland
MAP stated in text; CMT and WMT based on Neal 1984 (Afr J Ecol)

Methods
Life forms: frogs

Sites: 9

Site length: 5400

Sampling methods: belt transect,drift fences,pitfall traps,hand capture

Sample size: 430 individuals

Years: 2002, 2003

Sampling comments: "transect sampling, drift-fence and pitfall trapping and opportunistic collecting"
nine 600 m long and 2 m wide transects

Metadata
Sample number: 430

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-16 16:04:20

Modified: 2014-04-27 00:40:18

Abundance distribution
11 species
0 singletons
total count 430
geometric series index: 11.4
Fisher's α: 2.057
geometric series k: 0.7842
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8772
Shannon's H: 2.2359
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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