Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragment Project
Basic information
Sample name: Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragment Project

Reference: W. D. Allmon. 1991. A plot study of forest floor litter frogs, central Amazon, Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology 7(4):503-522 [ER 158]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Amazonas

Coordinate: 2° 25' S, 60° 50' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: plots are on three adjacent fazendas "80 km north of Manaus" (coordinate based on sample 596)

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Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: fragment

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.7

MAP: 2186.0

Habitat comments: a majority of the sites are 100 ha in size or less (see Fig. 1)
climate data based on Andresen (2002) (see samples 621 and 622)

Methods
Life forms: frogs

Sites: 255

Site area: 1.245

Sampling methods: quadrat, hand capture

Sample size: 528 individuals

Years: 1983, 1984

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: 498 5 x 5 m plots

Metadata
Sample no: 358

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-13 14:09:50

Modified: 2015-02-24 00:02:14

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
14 species
3 singletons
total count 528
geometric series index: 21.6
Fisher's α: 2.64
geometric series k: 0.6518
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7034
Shannon's H: 1.6051
Good's u: 0.9943
Register
Adenomera andreae 261
Colostethus marchesianus 42
Colostethus sp. 72
Rhinella dapsilis 70
"Bufo dapsilis"
Eleutherodactylus fenestratus 48
Atelopus pulcher 11
Leptodactylus mystaceus 11
Leptodactylus pentadactylus 3
Chiasmocleis shudkikarensis 3
Ctenophryne geayi 2
Phyllobates femoralis 1
Phyllomedusa bicolor 2
Rhinella marina 1
Bufo marinus
Dendrophryniscus minutus 1