West Coast Park
Basic information
Sample name: West Coast Park
Reference: N. Kaneko, M. Nakata, A. Chiba, and Y. Itoh. 2012. Autumnal use of fruits by bird vectors in a coastal forest near the city of Niigata. Japanese Journal of Ornithology 61(1):100-111 [ER 2765]
Geography
Country: Japan
Coordinate: 38° 55' N, 139° 3' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "in Chuo-ku, Niigata City... along the coastline"
Environment
Habitat: temperate coniferous forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 13.7
MAP: 1796.0
Habitat comments: "The length of this Pinus thunbergii forest is about 5 km, the width of the forest belt near the study site is 180-210 m, and the inland side is in contact with residential areas and urban areas"
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets
Sample size: 1293 individuals
Years: 2009, 2010
Seasons: summer, autumn
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: 12 m mist nets were used and birds were ringed
the exact number of nets appears to have varied through the study period, but the translation is poor
sampling was from September through November in 2009 and August through November in 2010
the exact number of nets appears to have varied through the study period, but the translation is poor
sampling was from September through November in 2009 and August through November in 2010
Metadata
Sample no: 2958
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2018-05-26 17:41:32
Modified: 2018-05-26 07:41:32
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
37 species
8 singletons
total count 1293
geometric series index: 57.0
Fisher's α: 7.102
geometric series k: 0.8467
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8286
Shannon's H: 2.2634
Good's u: 0.9938
Register
| Cettia diphone | 400 | 15.7 g |
| Zosterops japonicus | 294 | |
| Parus major | 113 | 2.4 g |
| Turdus pallidus | 109 | 72.1 g |
| Tarsiger cyanurus | 83 | 3.6 g |
| Emberiza spodocephala | 64 | 4.1 g |
| Turdus cardis | 35 | 56.6 g |
| Cyanoptila cyanomelana | 32 | 22.5 g |
| Emberiza variabilis | 22 | 23.8 g |
| Erithacus akahige | 20 | 17.0 g |
| Hypsipetes amaurotis | 17 | |
| Turdus obscurus | 17 | 62.6 g |
| Periparus ater | 13 | |
| "Parus ater" | ||
| Sittiparus varius | 7 | |
| "Parus varius" | ||
| Phoenicurus auroreus | 6 | 16.2 g |
| Troglodytes troglodytes | 6 | 1.6 g |
| Dendrocopos kizuki | 6 | 4.4 g |
| Phylloscopus borealis | 5 | 3.3 g |
| Dendrocopos major | 5 | 4.2 g |
| Regulus regulus | 5 | 5.6 g |
| Turdus naumanni | 4 | 77.9 g |
| Turdus chrysolaus | 4 | 65.4 g |
| Lanius bucephalus | 3 | |
| Carduelis spinus | 3 | 13.5 g |
| Fringilla montifringilla | 3 | 4.9 g |
| Coccothraustes coccothraustes | 3 | 58.0 g |
| Urosphena squameiceps | 2 | |
| Ficedula narcissina | 2 | 13.1 g |
| Passer montanus | 2 | 4.6 g |
| Luscinia calliope | 1 | 18.5 g |
| Zoothera dauma | 1 | |
| Phylloscopus borealoides | 1 | 9.8 g |
| Phylloscopus coronatus | 1 | 10.1 g |
| Ficedula mugimaki | 1 | 11.7 g |
| Muscicapa dauurica | 1 | |
| Muscicapa sibirica | 1 | 13.2 g |
| Emberiza elegans | 1 | 4.1 g |