Crater Mountain Biological Research Station
Basic information
Sample name: Crater Mountain Biological Research Station

Reference: A. L. Mack and D. D. Wright. 1996. Notes on occurrence and feeding of birds at Crater Mountain Biological Research Station, Papua New Guinea. Emu 96:89-101 [ER 749]
Geography
Country: Papua New Guinea

State: Chimbu

Coordinate: 7° 43' 24" S, 145° 6' 36" E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "10 km east of Haia"
altitude 850 to 1300 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 28.0

MAP: 6400.0

Habitat comments: climate data based on Bickford (2004, Behav Ecol Sociobiol); MAT estimated from average daily range of 14 to 42

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: mist nets

Sample size: 1375 individuals

Years: 1989 - 1993

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: 25 "netting sessions (mean length = 26.4h)" (number of days unrecoverable and number of nets not stated)

Metadata
Sample no: 1082

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-08-23 21:00:55

Modified: 2015-10-04 22:13:40

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
64 species
15 singletons
total count 1375
geometric series index: 101.9
Fisher's α: 13.9
geometric series k: 0.9161
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9205
Shannon's H: 3.0665
Good's u: 0.9891
Register
Megapodius freycinet 1638.0 g
Macropygia nigrirostris 190.1 g
Gallicollumba jobiensis 1
Ptilinopus pulchellus 170.0 g
Cacomantis castaneiventris 133.2 g
Chrysococcyx meyerii 1
Ninox theomacha 1125.0 g
Podargus ocellatus 15.2 g
Melidora macrorrhina 697.0 g
Dacelo gaudichaud 1143.0 g
Halcyon torotoro 1
Ceyx lepidus 33.0 g
Ceyx azurea 2
Coracina caeruleogrisea 1148.0 g
Ptilorrhoa castanonotus 8
Crateroscelis murina 5315.0 g
Sericornis spilodera 4811.7 g
Sericornis arfakianus 238.7 g
Sericornis nouhuysi 217.1 g
Gerygone chrysogaster 18.0 g
Rhipidura threnothorax 717.6 g
Rhipidura atra 1412.2 g
Rhipidura hyperythra 1911.2 g
Rhipidura rufiventris 112.0 g
Monarcha axillaris 815.6 g
Monarcha frater 122.0 g
Monarcha guttula 22
Arses telescophthalmus 63.7 g
Machaerirhphus flaviventer 4
Microeca flavovirescens 815.0 g
Drymodes superciliaris 345.9 g
Peneothello bimaculatus 1126.3 g
Pachycephalopsis poliosoma 4840.5 g
Pachycare flavogrisea 8
Pachycephala soror 524.8 g
Pachycephala simplex 217.4 g
Pachycephala hyperythra 2527.7 g
Colluricincla megarhyncha 615.7 g
Pitohui kirhocephalus 372.0 g
Pitohui cristatus 479.0 g
Melanocharis nigra 7313.2 g
Melanocharis longicauda 611.0 g
Dicaeum pectorale 27.6 g
Melilestes megarhynchus 74
Toxorhamphus poliopterus 20112.4 g
Oedistoma iliolophus 118
Glycichaera fallax 2
Myzomela eques 2
Meliphaga mimikae 72
Meliphaga albonotatus 3
Meliphaga analoga 1
Lichenostomus obscurus 20
Xanthotis flaviventer 15
Xanthotis polygramma 16
Pycnopygius ixoides 5
Erythrura trichroa 25014.0 g
Erythrura papuana 619.4 g
Chaetorhynchus papuensis 36
Dicrurus hottentotus 3
Grallina bruijni 2
Cracticus quoyi 3
Ailuroedus buccoides 18
Ptiloris magnificus 3
Cicinnurus magnificus 27