Motichur Sanctuary (1997 - 98, Site 2)
Basic information
Sample name: Motichur Sanctuary (1997 - 98, Site 2)
Sample aka: Rajaji National Park
Reference: P. C. Joshi. 2007. Community structure and habitat selection of butterflies in Rajaji National Park, a moist deciduous forest in Uttaranchal, India. Tropical Ecology 48(1):119-123 [ER 2246]
Geography
Country: India
State: Uttarakhand
Coordinate: 29° 45' 0" N, 77° 12' 30" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: "in a protected forest in the Motichur Sanctuary of Rajaji National Park" in Uttaranchal
elevation 360 to 440 m
elevation 360 to 440 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
MAP: 1005.0
Habitat comments: "subtropical with distinct summer, winter and rainy seasons. The annual precipitation was 1060 mm and 950 mm in the first and second year of study, respectively... Site 2: Natural forest of Shorea robusta. Ground vegetation mainly Cynodon dactylon, Veronia conizoides and Leucas mollissima...
Previously logged but now free from human disturbances"
Previously logged but now free from human disturbances"
Methods
Life forms: butterflies
Sampling methods: no design,sweep nets
Sample size: 243 individuals
Years: 1997, 1998
Sampling comments: "Sampling of insects was done using systematic net sweeps at 15 days interval" (length of study interval is unclear)
Metadata
Sample number: 2296
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-10-20 20:28:39
Modified: 2016-10-20 09:36:02
Abundance distribution
29 species
10 singletons
total count 243
extrapolated richness: 59.2
Fisher's α: 8.586
geometric series k: 0.8567
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8386
Shannon's H: 2.3781
Good's u: 0.9590
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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