Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve (edge)
Basic information
Sample name: Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve (edge)
Reference: J. N. Urbina-Cardona, M. Olivares-Pérez, and V. H. Reynoso. 2006. Herpetofauna diversity and microenvironment correlates across a pasture-edge-interior ecotone in tropical rainforest fragments in the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve of Veracruz, Mexico. Biological Conservation 132:61-75 [ER 216]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Veracruz
Coordinate: 19° 32' N, 95° 6' W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: coordinate given in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: biosphere reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 27.0
WMT: 35.0
CMT: 13.0
MAP: 4964.0
Habitat comments: "tropical evergreen forest" located in "Six fragments between 26 and 472 ha in size" of which most appear to be > 100 ha in area
"marked dry season from March to May"
"marked dry season from March to May"
Methods
Life forms: lizards, snakes, frogs, salamanders
Sites: 42
Site area: 0.42
Sampling methods: belt transect, hand capture
Sample size: 773 individuals
Years: 2003, 2004
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: 42 50 m long, 2 m wide transects
Metadata
Sample no: 448
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-17 13:06:22
Modified: 2015-02-23 22:30:14
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
39 species
13 singletons
total count 773
geometric series index: 75.5
Fisher's α: 8.662
geometric series k: 0.8495
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5746
Shannon's H: 1.6147
Good's u: 0.9832
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