Ramon erosion cirque
Basic information
Sample name: Ramon erosion cirque

Reference: G. Shenbrot and B. Krasnov. 1997. Habitat relationships of the lizard fauna in the Ramon erosion cirque, Negev Highlands (Israel). Journal of Zoology 241:429-440 [ER 190]
Geography
Country: Israel

Coordinate: 31° 34' N, 35° 45' E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Geography comments: coordinate stated in text
510 to 800 m

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Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 26.8

CMT: 10.7

MAP: 71.0

Habitat comments: "sand dunes to limestone and sandstone rocks in the rims"
cold month min/max 19.7/33.9, warm month min/max 6.4/14.9
precip 56 to 85 (spatially)

Methods
Life forms: lizards

Sites: 24

Site area: 24.0

Sampling methods: quadrat, pitfall traps, visual

Sample size: 353 individuals

Years: 1994

Net or trap nights: 0

Sampling comments: 24 one-ha grids each subdivided into 25 20 x 20 m plots
combination of visual search and pitfall traps

Metadata
Sample no: 406

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-15 08:20:37

Modified: 2014-03-19 01:57:30

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
14 species
0 singleton
total count 353
geometric series index: 15.6
Fisher's α: 2.913
geometric series k: 0.7529
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.757
Shannon's H: 1.9509
Good's u: 1
Register
Laudakia vulgaris 7
"Laudakia stellio" - reassignment based on geography (see Karameta et al. 2022)
Pseudotrapelus sinaitus 4
Trapelus pallidus 7
Tropiocolotes steudneri 4
Ptyodactylus guttatus 10
Hemidactylus turcicus 7
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus 46
Acanthodactylus boskianus 160
Mesalina guttulata 18
Mesalina olivieri 9
Ophisops elegans 15
Ablepharus kitaibelii 17
Chalcides ocellatus 31
Eumeces schneiderii 18