Majawanga (field site 4)
Basic information
Sample name: Majawanga (field site 4)
Reference: S. Tind Nielsen. 2007. Deforestation and biodiversity: effects of bushland cultivation on dung beetles in semi-arid Tanzania. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:2753-2769 [ER 364]
Geography
Country: Tanzania
Coordinate: 6° 5' S, 37° 50' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "in the Morogoro Region"
altitude 1350 to 1400 m
altitude 1350 to 1400 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Altered habitat: cropland
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 24.9
CMT: 20.0
MAP: 420.0
Habitat comments: "semi-arid" with "a long dry season from April to early December" and MAP of 390 to 650 mm; the area was originally "more or less continuous Acacia woodland" and is now "cleared for agriculture" and the site is a maize field
CMT and WMT based on climate station 63862 (Dodoma), which has similar MAP
CMT and WMT based on climate station 63862 (Dodoma), which has similar MAP
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sites: 1
Site length: 32.0
Sampling methods: line transect, baited, pitfall traps
Sample size: 519 individuals
Years: 2004
Days: 4
Seasons: wet or monsoon
Nets or traps: 10
Net or trap nights: 40
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: two rows of five dung-baited pitfall traps placed 4 m apart sampled "over four days (14–18 March 2004) within the wet season"
Metadata
Sample no: 1282
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-18 13:32:36
Modified: 2015-10-03 02:46:56
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
38 species
5 singletons
total count 519
geometric series index: 54.4
Fisher's α: 9.441
geometric series k: 0.8688
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8484
Shannon's H: 2.6562
Good's u: 0.9904
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