Ohdaigahara Site C
Basic information
Sample name: Ohdaigahara Site C

Reference: N. Kanda, T. Yokota, E. Shibata, and H. Sato. 2005. Diversity of dung-beetle community in declining Japanese subalpine forest caused by an increasing sika deer population. Ecological Research 20:135-141 [ER 358]
Geography
Country: Japan



Coordinate: 34° 12' N, 136° 6' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: disturbed forest

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: grazing

MAT: 6.4

MAP: 4500.0

Habitat comments: spruce forest in the east and beech forest in the west of the area, and heavily deer-grazed grassland at this site
MAP is a minimum value

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 1

Site length: 40

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 402 individuals

Years: 2001

Days: 49

Nets or traps: 3

Net or trap nights: 147

Sampling comments: three dung-baited pitfall traps spaced 20 m apart on a transect line and checked monthly seven times from May to November, with traps left out for seven days prior to collection

Metadata
Sample number: 688

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-31 22:29:26

Modified: 2015-10-02 10:39:56

Abundance distribution
8 species
1 singleton
total count 402
geometric series index: 11.6
Fisher's α: 1.415
geometric series k: 0.4562
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5483
Shannon's H: 1.0451
Good's u: 0.9975
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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