Kibale National Park (K30)
Basic information
Sample name: Kibale National Park (K30)

Reference: M. Nummelin and I. Hanski. 1989. Dung beetles of the Kibale Forest, Uganda: comparison between virgin and managed forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 5:349-352 [ER 295]
Geography
Country: Uganda


Coordinate: 0° 27' N, 30° 26' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 21.6

CMT: 19.9

MAP: 1500.0

Habitat comments: "moist evergreen forest"
MAP given in text; CMT and WMT based on station 64387 (Kigali International Airport), which is not very close but is at almost the same altitude

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sampling methods: baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 787 individuals

Years: 1984 - 1986

Nets or traps: 73

Net or trap nights: 209

Sampling comments: human dung-baited pitfalls
trap and trap-night totals are given in the text

Metadata
Sample number: 595

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-27 13:18:05

Modified: 2015-10-02 21:42:35

Abundance distribution
19 species
3 singletons
total count 787
extrapolated richness: 26.6
Fisher's α: 3.507
geometric series k: 0.7444
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8190
Shannon's H: 1.9928
Good's u: 0.9962
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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