Atherton Tableland
Basic information
Sample name: Atherton Tableland
Reference: S. G. W. Laurance, D. Jones, D. Westcott, A. Mckeown, G. Harrington, and D. W. Hilbert. 2013. Habitat fragmentation and ecological traits influence the prevalence of avian blood parasites in a tropical rainforest landscape. PLOS One 8(10):e76227- [ER 731]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: Queensland
Coordinate: 17° 21' S, 146° 35' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: sites are shown on a map as either between or east of Malanda and Tarzali (coordinate based on Malanda Falls)
elevation 600 to 900 m
elevation 600 to 900 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 29.0
CMT: 16.0
MAP: 2500.0
Habitat comments: "tropical rainforest classified structurally as complex mesophyll vine forest"
combination of three forest fragments "of 20, 39 and 85 ha in area" that have been "isolated for ~50 years" plus three "continuous forest sites"
combination of three forest fragments "of 20, 39 and 85 ha in area" that have been "isolated for ~50 years" plus three "continuous forest sites"
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sites: 6
Sampling methods: mist nets
Sample size: 299 individuals
Days: 12
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: three habitat fragments and three sites in continuous forest
"Each site was netted for two consecutive days" in sequence
number and size of nets is not indicated
"Each site was netted for two consecutive days" in sequence
number and size of nets is not indicated
Metadata
Sample no: 1058
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-08-20 20:09:54
Modified: 2015-02-23 23:53:22
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
28 species
7 singletons
total count 299
geometric series index: 46.0
Fisher's α: 7.563
geometric series k: 0.8604
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9074
Shannon's H: 2.7041
Good's u: 0.9767
Register
| Gerygone mouki | 2 | 5.2 g |
| Gerygone palpebrosa | 1 | 7.4 g |
| Oreoscopus gutturalis | 2 | 20.0 g |
| Sericornis citreogularis | 22 | 4.2 g |
| Sericornis keri | 27 | 12.0 g |
| Sericornis magnirostra | 39 | |
| Psophodes olivaceus | 2 | 68.0 g |
| Cormobates leucophaea | 5 | |
| Chalcophaps indica | 1 | 4.9 g |
| Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris | 3 | |
| Lichenistomus frenatus | 1 | |
| Meliphaga lewinii | 12 | |
| Xanthotis macleayanus | 3 | |
| Arses kaupi | 1 | 13.5 g |
| Machaerirhynchus flaviventer | 1 | 3.1 g |
| Monarcha melanopsis | 15 | 22.7 g |
| Monarcha trivirgatus | 22 | 12.7 g |
| Orthonyx spaldingii | 1 | 12.8 g |
| Colluricincla boweri | 27 | 43.8 g |
| Colluricincla megarhyncha | 15 | 5.7 g |
| Pachycephala pectoralis | 10 | 1.6 g |
| Ptiloris victoriae | 5 | |
| Heteromyias cinereifrons | 58 | 40.5 g |
| Tregellasia capito | 3 | 13.9 g |
| Ailuroedus melanotis | 6 | |
| Rhipidura albiscapa | 4 | |
| Rhipidura rufifrons | 10 | 1.5 g |
| Zosterops lateralis | 1 | 1.9 g |