Barro Colorado Island (1997)
Basic information
Sample name: Barro Colorado Island (1997)

Reference: T. D. Lambert and G. H. Adler. 2000. Microhabitat use by a tropical forest rodent, Proechimys semispinosus, in central Panama. Journal of Mammalogy 81(1):70-76 [ER 849]
Geography
Country: Panama


Coordinate: 9° 9' N, 79° 51' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 27.0

MAP: 2612.0

Habitat comments: climate is "highly seasonal" with a "severe dry season of 4 months"
MAP stated in text; MAT is for BCI and is based on Leigh (1999, Tropical Forest Ecology)

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sites: 4

Sampling methods: line transect,Sherman traps,Tomahawk traps

Sample size: 84 individuals

Years: 1997

Nets or traps: 1196

Net or trap nights: 11960

Sampling comments: four transects, three each consisting of 75 stations and the other of 74 stations, each station including 2 Tomahawk trap and 2 Sherman trap and stations being spaced 20 m apart
"Sampling effort was divided equally... between traps set on the ground and in trees and lianas"

Metadata
Sample number: 1201

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-14 19:45:18

Modified: 2015-12-01 01:54:24

Abundance distribution
5 species
2 singletons
total count 84
geometric series index: 10.2
Fisher's α: 1.165
geometric series k: 0.3410
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.2094
Shannon's H: 0.5041
Good's u: 0.9762
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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