Kacheliba
Basic information
Sample name: Kacheliba
Sample aka: West Pokot District
Reference: M. J. Mutinga and O. O. Dipeolu. 1990. Saurian malaria in Kenya: epidemiological features of malarial infections in lizard populations of the West Pokot District. International Journal for Parasitology 20(2):149-153 [ER 263]
Geography
Country: Kenya
Coordinate: 1° 30' N, 35° 0' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: coordinates are "approximate" and altitude is a local average
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 19.0
MAP: 1172.0
Habitat comments: "natural vegetation... comprises thorny bushes and thickets of Acacia commiphora and allied species and... perennial grasses"
precip "about 50 cm" according to text; climate date are for station 636610 (Kitale) and are based on Blanford et al. (2013, Scientific Reports)
precip "about 50 cm" according to text; climate date are for station 636610 (Kitale) and are based on Blanford et al. (2013, Scientific Reports)
Methods
Life forms: lizards
Sampling methods: no design,hand capture
Sample size: 135 individuals
Years: 1979
Metadata
Sample number: 531
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-22 15:12:27
Modified: 2014-04-26 03:56:37
Abundance distribution
8 species
2 singletons
total count 135
extrapolated richness: 13.4
Fisher's α: 1.862
geometric series k: 0.5473
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6121
Shannon's H: 1.2083
Good's u: 0.9853
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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