Bunduki Forest Reserve (cold season)
Basic information
Sample name: Bunduki Forest Reserve (cold season)
Reference: C. Werema and K. M. Howell. 2016. Seasonal variation in diversity and abundance of understorey birds in Bunduki Forest Reserve, Tanzania: evaluating the conservation value of a plantation forest. Ostrich 87(1):89-93 [ER 2742]
Geography
Country: Tanzania
Coordinate: 7° 1' S, 37° 38' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: altitudinal range 1220 to 1540 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: plantation
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "mainly a plantation of several exotic species, such as Pinus sp., Eucalyptus sp., Cupressus spp., and Grevillea robusta. The latter is the dominant species"
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sampling methods: no design,mist nets
Sample size: 241 captures or sightings
Years: 2011
Days: 3
Seasons: dry
Nets or traps: 15
Net or trap nights: 45
Sampling comments: the study used "mist nets (12 m, 16 mm mesh, four tier)... during the hot season (February 2011) and cold season (July 2011). During each season 15 mist nets were erected forming a T-shaped net line for 36 daylight hours and were operated from dawn (6:00) to dusk (18:00) for three consecutive days. The nets were located more than 100 m from the forest edge"
Metadata
Sample number: 2912
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2018-04-23 16:52:08
Modified: 2018-04-23 06:52:08
Abundance distribution
26 species
9 singletons
total count 241
extrapolated richness: 49.7
Fisher's α: 7.400
geometric series k: 0.8507
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8745
Shannon's H: 2.4747
Good's u: 0.9628
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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