Sample name: Bobiri Forest Reserve (2005, 2006)

Reference: J. L. Bossart and J. B. Antwi. 2016. Limited erosion of genetic and species diversity from small forest patches: Sacred forest groves in an Afrotropical biodiversity hotspot have high conservation value for butterflies. Biological Conservation 198:122-134 [ER 2272]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: forest reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.0

MAP: 1475.0

Habitat comments: a 5000 ha reserve of "moist semi-deciduous forest... completely surrounded by farm bush savanna"
climate data are for the Bobiri forest reserve and is based on Chiti et al. (2016)

Life forms: butterflies

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,other traps

Sample size: 1273 individuals

Years: 2005, 2006

Nets or traps: 16

Net or trap nights: 224

Trap spacing: 0.08

Sampling comments: "The fruit-feeding butterfly community... was sampled using typical fruit-bait traps. Traps were hung in the understory 8–10 cm above the ground. Three to four traps were installed at 80 m intervals along each of two to four 'straight line' transects"... Individual transects were located in discrete areas of the forest at least 300 m distant... Trap sampling was initiated July 2005 and continued through May 2006. In general, samples were collected from each site on a 3-week rotational basis. Each sampling bout consisted of two sampling days. Traps were baited with mashed, fermenting banana, and butterflies collected the following day ~24 h later. Traps were then re-baited and left for an additional 24 h, after which trapped butterflies were again retrieved

Sample number: 2371

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-12-01 20:41:32

Modified: 2016-12-12 23:56:09