Pine Swamp
Basic information
Sample name: Pine Swamp
Reference: K. S. Anderson and H. K. Maxfield. 1962. Sampling passerine birds in a wooded swamp in southeastern Massachusetts. Wilson Bulletin 74(4):381-385 [ER 709]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Massachusetts
County: Bristol
Coordinate: 41° 54' N, 71° 5' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "on the northeast outskirts of the city of Taunton" (coordinate based on Taunton)
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 23.0
CMT: -0.9
MAP: 1136.0
Habitat comments: "red maple-white cedar swamp"
climate data based on station 72507 (Providence Airport)
climate data based on station 72507 (Providence Airport)
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sampling methods: mist nets
Sample size: 177 individuals
Years: 1960
Days: 20
Nets or traps: 16
Net or trap nights: 320
Sampling comments: eight 7 x 40 foot nets placed on each of two trails laid out for two days at a time on ten occasions
Metadata
Sample number: 1026
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-08-15 20:50:13
Modified: 2014-08-15 10:50:13
Abundance distribution
18 species
4 singletons
total count 177
geometric series index: 28.1
Fisher's α: 5.010
geometric series k: 0.8113
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8795
Shannon's H: 2.3824
Good's u: 0.9775
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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