Lake City Research Center Site A
Basic information
Sample name: Lake City Research Center Site A
Reference: R. J. Rounds and K. D. Floate. 2012. Diversity and seasonal phenology of coprophagous beetles at Lake City, Michigan, USA, with a new State record for Onthophagus taurus (Schreber) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 66(2):169-172 [ER 348]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Michigan
Coordinate: 44° 18' 35" N, 85° 12' 11" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Altered habitat: pasture
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 19.8
CMT: -7.4
MAP: 741.0
Habitat comments: climate data are based on "McBain, Michigan (11 km SE of Lake City)"; CMT and WMT are averages of lows and highs
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sites: 1
Site length: 27
Site width: 3
Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,pitfall traps
Sample size: 9103 individuals
Days: 24
Seasons: spring,summer,autumn
Nets or traps: 20
Net or trap nights: 480
Sampling comments: 20 cattle dung-baited pitfall traps aligned in two rows 3 m apart and spaced at 3 m intervals (i.e., a 3 x 27 m grid) left out for 48 hours at a time on 12 occasions from 15 May to 17 October
Metadata
Sample number: 674
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-31 10:47:48
Modified: 2015-10-02 08:40:33
Abundance distribution
20 species
3 singletons
total count 9103
extrapolated richness: 25.5
Fisher's α: 2.431
geometric series k: 0.6491
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7574
Shannon's H: 1.7582
Good's u: 0.9997
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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