Torre Paterno
Basic information
Sample name: Torre Paterno

Sample aka: Castelporziano Presidential Estate

Reference: G. M. Carpaneto, A. Mazziotta, and P. Maltzeff. 2011. Are mist nets a menace for threatened insects? A first attempt to gather quantitative data. Journal of Insect Conservation 15:833-837 [ER 3044]
Geography
Country: Italy



Coordinate: 41° 40' 48" N, 12° 23' 40" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "in the Castelporziano Presidential Estate... Locality: Torre Paterno"

Environment
Habitat: Mediterranean woodland

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "Nets were placed in a large clearing within a mosaic of Mediterranean evergreen scrub and deciduous lowland forest... Domestic livestock is lacking in the study area"

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Site length: 2005

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 386 individuals

Years: 2005

Days: 31

Seasons: spring

Sampling comments: "captured by the mist nets which were used in 2005 by ornithologists for ringing birds... The sampling activity lasted 30 days (from April 23rd to May 23rd, 2005)"

Metadata
Sample number: 3301

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-03-24 19:56:12

Modified: 2019-03-24 08:56:12

Abundance distribution
6 species
1 singleton
total count 386
geometric series index: 8.0
Fisher's α: 1.008
geometric series k: 0.3356
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5153
Shannon's H: 0.8986
Good's u: 0.9974
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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