Eket
Basic information
Sample name: Eket
Reference: L. Luiselli and G. C. Akani. 1999. Habitats of snakes in the rainforests of Eket (Akwa-Ibom State, south-eastern Nigeria). Herpetozoa 11(3/4):99-107 [ER 179]
Geography
Country: Nigeria
State: Akwa-Ibom
Coordinate: 5° 49' N, 8° 58' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: coordinate stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 29.0
CMT: 24.5
MAP: 5997.0
Habitat comments: cold month min/max 22/27; warm month min/max 24/34; MAP "more than 3000 mm" in the region, but habitat includes "dry forest"; MAP is based on Udo-Inyang and Edem (2012, Journal of Environment and Earth Science) and applies to Eket
habitats included farmlands and suburbia, dryland rainforest, and swamp (moist lowland) forest
habitats included farmlands and suburbia, dryland rainforest, and swamp (moist lowland) forest
Methods
Life forms: snakes
Sampling methods: no design, drift fences, pitfall traps, hand capture, visual
Sample size: 129 individuals
Net or trap nights: 0
Sampling comments: eclectic methods including visual sightings and drift fences plus pitfall traps
Metadata
Sample no: 392
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-14 13:48:57
Modified: 2014-04-27 03:42:22
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
24 species
3 singletons
total count 129
geometric series index: 37.0
Fisher's α: 8.685
geometric series k: 0.8841
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.934
Shannon's H: 2.909
Good's u: 0.9773
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