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Wolong Natural Reserve (forest interior)
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Basic information
Sample name: Wolong Natural Reserve (forest interior)

Reference: X.-D. Yu, T.-H. Luo, H.-Z. Zhou, and J. Yang. 2007. Distribution of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) across a forest-grassland ecotone in southwestern China. Environmental Entomology 36(2):348-355 [ER 1040]
Geography
Country: China

State: Sichuan


Coordinate: 31° 5' N, 103° 8' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: coordinate is the midpoint of ranges stated in the text
elevation 2580 to 2650 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: selective logging

Habitat comments: "deciduous broad-leaved forests" logged until 1975

Methods
Life forms: ground beetles

Sites: 15

Sampling methods: line transect,pitfall traps

Sample size: 1508 individuals

Years: 2004

Days: 30

Seasons: spring,summer,autumn

Nets or traps: 75

Net or trap nights: 2250

Sampling comments: three sites each along five parallel transects, with sites spaced 25 m apart and five pitfall traps per site that "were open for 3 d twice a month" between May and September

Metadata
Sample number: 1541

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-05-15 20:41:19

Modified: 2015-05-15 10:44:01

Abundance distribution
24 species
5 singletons
total count 1508
extrapolated richness: 33.8
Fisher's α: 4.053
geometric series k: 0.7651
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8165
Shannon's H: 2.0755
Good's u: 0.9967
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Current reference: Huckleberry et al. 2001 (ER 3215)