Nyeri County
Basic information
Sample name: Nyeri County
Reference: C. Smith, D. Barton, M. D. Johnson, C. Wendt, M. C. Milligan, P. Njoroge, and P. Gichuki. 2015. Bird communities in sun and shade coffee farms in Kenya. Global Ecology and Conservation 4:479-490 [ER 2750]
Geography
Country: Kenya
Coordinate: 0° 25' S, 37° 57' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "a total of 21 sites located on five individual farms"
based on satellite photos and Fig. 1, the sites are within a few km north of the city of Nyeri (basis of coordinate)
based on satellite photos and Fig. 1, the sites are within a few km north of the city of Nyeri (basis of coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: plantation
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 18.0
MAP: 1450.0
Habitat comments: "shade and sun coffee farm plantations" and specifically "11 sun sites (on four different farms) and 10 shade sites (on three separate farms)"
climate data are for the Tegu inland valley in the Nyeri District and are from Böhme et al. (2016, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth)
climate data are for the Tegu inland valley in the Nyeri District and are from Böhme et al. (2016, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth)
Methods
Life forms: birds
Sampling methods: line transect, mist nets
Sample size: 2026 individuals
Net or trap nights: 715
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Each site was sampled for three consecutive days, roughly from
06:00 to 10:00, depending on weather" and there were "2861 net hours" (suggesting 715 net days)
"nets "consisted of two lanes (100 m apart) each with four (2012-2013) or six nets (2013-2015)"
06:00 to 10:00, depending on weather" and there were "2861 net hours" (suggesting 715 net days)
"nets "consisted of two lanes (100 m apart) each with four (2012-2013) or six nets (2013-2015)"
Metadata
Sample no: 2934
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2018-04-26 20:55:56
Modified: 2018-04-26 10:55:56
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
83 species
15 singletons
total count 2026
geometric series index: 119.4
Fisher's α: 17.419
geometric series k: 0.936
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9547
Shannon's H: 3.5237
Good's u: 0.9926
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