South of Busselton (dung bait)
Basic information
Sample name: South of Busselton (dung bait)

Reference: T. J. Ridsdill Smith, T. A. Weir, and S. B. Peck. 1983. Dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae) active in forest habitats in southwestern Australia during winter. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22:307-309 [ER 309]
Geography
Country: Australia

State: Western Australia


Coordinate: 33° 39' S, 115° 11' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: south of Busselton and west of the Stirling Range
the stated latitude seems right but the longitude puts the coordinate NNE of the Stirling Range and nowhere near Busselton, so I have used the Busselton coordinate instead

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 24.6

CMT: 13.2

MAP: 761.0

Habitat comments: tall open karri forest, open jarrah forest, and heath (including woodland)
climate data based on station 94610 (Perth Airport)

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 37

Sampling methods: pitfall traps

Sample size: 20274 individuals

Days: 5

Nets or traps: 370

Net or trap nights: 1850

Sampling comments: 10 traps at each of 37 sites "left for an average of 5 d"

Metadata
Sample number: 618

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-28 10:28:25

Modified: 2015-09-28 10:46:53

Abundance distribution
17 species
1 singleton
total count 20274
extrapolated richness: 19.1
Fisher's α: 1.825
geometric series k: 0.5616
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6640
Shannon's H: 1.4657
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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