Shasha Forest Reserve (36 mm mesh)
Basic information
Sample name: Shasha Forest Reserve (36 mm mesh)
Reference: A. I. Akinpelu. 2013. Mesh size and bird capture rates in shasha forest reserve, ile-ife, Nigeria. Cameroon Journal of Experimental Biology 9(1):27-33 [ER 744]
Geography
Country: Nigeria
Coordinate: 7° 5' N, 5° 30' E
Latlng basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: coordinate is midpoint of ranges given in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: selective logging
MAT: 25.5
MAP: 2080.0
Habitat comments: "tropical humid high forest.. The four study sites sampled four different vegetation types, with varying degrees of human disturbance, i.e. primary forest, closed-canopy tall trees, gallery forest and degraded secondary regrowth forest"
climate data based on Richards (1939)
climate data based on Richards (1939)
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sites: 4
Sampling methods: mist nets
Sample size: 584 individuals
Years: 2010, 2011
Days: 23
Nets or traps: 8
Net or trap nights: 184
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: eight "2 x 2.6m" nets (this might be an error for 12 x 2.6 m)
2190 net hours using 8 nets for 12 hours a day = 182.5 net days and 22.8125 days (rounded to 23)
2190 net hours using 8 nets for 12 hours a day = 182.5 net days and 22.8125 days (rounded to 23)
Metadata
Sample no: 1075
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-08-22 20:05:58
Modified: 2014-08-22 10:05:58
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
93 species
20 singletons
total count 584
geometric series index: 152.2
Fisher's α: 31.188
geometric series k: 0.9624
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.978
Shannon's H: 4.118
Good's u: 0.9658
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