Southwest of Port Harcourt (heavily altered mangrove)
Basic information
Sample name: Southwest of Port Harcourt (heavily altered mangrove)
Reference: L. Luiselli and G. C. Akani. 2002. An investigation into the composition, complexity and functioning of snake communities in the mangroves of south-eastern Nigeria. African Journal of Ecology 40:220-227 [ER 285]
Geography
Country: Nigeria
State: Rivers
Coordinate: 5° 45' N, 7° 50' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "between the rivers Nun and Brass, in the Niger Delta" (coordinate based on Rivers State)
Environment
Habitat: mangrove
Altered habitat: disturbed forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 27.8
CMT: 23.7
MAP: 2436.0
Habitat comments: "heavily altered mangrove"
climate data are for Port Harcourt and from Uko and Tamunobereton-Ari (2013): min/max CMT (June) 21.78/25.71, min/max WMT (Feb) 22.49/33.08
climate data are for Port Harcourt and from Uko and Tamunobereton-Ari (2013): min/max CMT (June) 21.78/25.71, min/max WMT (Feb) 22.49/33.08
Methods
Life forms: snakes
Sampling methods: timed, drift fences, pitfall traps, hand capture
Sample size: 64 individuals
Years: 1996 - 2000
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Metadata
Sample no: 574
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-26 16:49:36
Modified: 2014-07-13 07:39:05
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
14 species
3 singletons
total count 64
geometric series index: 25.2
Fisher's α: 5.53
geometric series k: 0.7831
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.816
Shannon's H: 2.1598
Good's u: 0.9541
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