Estación Biologica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica
Basic information
Sample name: Estación Biologica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica
Sample aka: Reserva de Producción FaunÃstica Cuyabeno
Reference: L. J. Vitt and P. A. Zani. 1996. Organization of a taxonomically diverse lizard assemblage in Amazonian Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74(7):1313-1335 [ER 2943]
Geography
Country: Ecuador
Coordinate: 1e-05° 0' N, 76° 10' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "within the Reserva de Producción FaunÃstica Cuyabeno"
latitude is correct, site is exactly on the equator
latitude is correct, site is exactly on the equator
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: nature reserve
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "lowland tropical rain forest with rivers, lagoons, streams, and palm swamps... Although rainfall occurs throughout the year, levels are lowest in December - February"
Methods
Life forms: lizards
Sampling methods: no design,other traps,hand capture,visual
Sample size: 906 individuals
Years: 1994
Sampling comments: "The study was conducted during February - April 1994... We intensively searched... in a haphazard fashion" using visual observation, and "When possible, we collected the lizard by hand, noose, traps... or, when necessary, by shooting with BB air rifles"
Metadata
Sample number: 3125
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2018-12-27 13:38:25
Modified: 2018-12-27 02:38:25
Abundance distribution
22 species
0 singletons
total count 906
extrapolated richness: 24.9
Fisher's α: 4.066
geometric series k: 0.8142
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8831
Shannon's H: 2.4684
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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