Rancho Santa Elena
Basic information
Sample name: Rancho Santa Elena

Reference: M. A. Martínez-Morales, V. M. Islas, I. Zuria, M. C. C. Chávez Peón Hoffmann-Pinther, and R. G. Campuzano Velasco. 2013. La conservación de las aves más allá de las áreas naturales protegidas: el caso de la avifauna del Rancho Santa Elena, Hidalgo. Huitzil 14(2):87-100 [ER 794]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: Hidalgo

Coordinate: 20° 5' N, 98° 22' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: east of the Sierra de las Navajas, presumably near Tulancingo (basis of coordinate)
elevation 2240 to 2980 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 19.8

CMT: 13.9

MAP: 1107.0

Habitat comments: temperate forest dominated by Pinus and Quercus
climate data based on station 76680 (Mexico City)

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: mist nets

Sample size: 344 individuals

Years: 2006, 2007

Days: 32

Nets or traps: 8

Net or trap nights: 256

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: sampling with 6 to 10 nets (assumed to average 8) was undertaken two days a month over 16 months for a total of 49, 000 net hours; nets were 12 x 2.5 m with 32 mm mesh

Metadata
Sample no: 1141

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-08-31 20:55:20

Modified: 2014-08-31 10:55:20

Abundance distribution
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