Santa Rita Experimental Range (undisturbed mesquite)
Basic information
Sample name: Santa Rita Experimental Range (undisturbed mesquite)

Reference: D. J. Germano and C. R. Hungerford. 1981. Reptile population changes with manipulation of Sonoran desert shrub. Great Basin Naturalist 41(1):129-138 [ER 262]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Arizona

Coordinate: 32° 50' N, 111° 51' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Santa Rita Experimental Range

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Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: grazing

WMT: 31.1

CMT: 11.5

MAP: 310.0

Habitat comments: lightly grazed pastures with native mesquite-dominated vegetation
precip 350 to 400 mm according to text; climate data based on station 722740 (Tucson International Airport)

Methods
Life forms: lizards

Sites: 4

Site length: 4800.0

Sampling methods: line transect, visual

Sample size: 420 individuals

Years: 1977, 1978

Net or trap nights: 0

Sampling comments: four visually censused transect lines each 1200 m long

Metadata
Sample no: 529

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-22 13:28:15

Modified: 2014-04-26 03:58:10

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
8 species
2 singletons
total count 420
geometric series index: 11.3
Fisher's α: 1.402
geometric series k: 0.4421
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4527
Shannon's H: 0.981
Good's u: 0.9952
Register
Callisaurus draconoides 61
Sceloporus magister 12
Holbrookia maculata 18
Urosaurus inornata 16
Aspidoscelis tigris 303
"Cnemidophorus tigris"
Aspidoscelis sonorae 8
"Cnemidophorus sonorae"
Gambelia wislizenii 1
Phrynosoma solare 1