Southwest of Port Harcourt (secondary mangrove)
Basic information
Sample name: Southwest of Port Harcourt (secondary mangrove)
Reference: L. Luiselli and G. C. Akani. 2002. An investigation into the composition, complexity and functioning of snake communities in the mangroves of south-eastern Nigeria. African Journal of Ecology 40:220-227 [ER 285]
Geography
Country: Nigeria
State: Rivers
Coordinate: 4° 45' N, 6° 50' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "between the rivers Nun and Brass, in the Niger Delta" (coordinate based on Rivers State)
Environment
Habitat: mangrove
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 27.8
CMT: 23.7
MAP: 2436.0
Habitat comments: "secondary 'shrub' mangrove"
climate data are for Port Harcourt and from Uko and Tamunobereton-Ari (2013): min/max CMT (June) 21.78/25.71, min/max WMT (Feb) 22.49/33.08
climate data are for Port Harcourt and from Uko and Tamunobereton-Ari (2013): min/max CMT (June) 21.78/25.71, min/max WMT (Feb) 22.49/33.08
Methods
Life forms: snakes
Sampling methods: timed,drift fences,pitfall traps,hand capture
Sample size: 50 individuals
Years: 1996 - 2000
Metadata
Sample number: 573
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-26 16:48:42
Modified: 2014-04-26 00:51:42
Abundance distribution
15 species
4 singletons
total count 50
extrapolated richness: 29.9
Fisher's α: 7.265
geometric series k: 0.8548
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8963
Shannon's H: 2.4645
Good's u: 0.9231
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Current reference:
Herzog et al. 2003 (ER 1261)