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S. Mitra, P. A. Buckley, F. G. Buckley, and H. S. Ginsberg. 2010. Highly variable acquisition rates of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) by birds on an Atlantic barrier island. <i>Journal of Medical Entomology</i> <b>47</b>(6):1019-1027 [ER 766]</span></div> </div> <div class="panelHeader">Geography</div> <div class="panelHeaderRight"></div> <div class="panel panelFloat myPanel"> <div style="float: left; clear: none; width: 50%;"> <div class="comment"><b>Country</b>: United States</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>State</b>: New York</div><br> <br> <div class="comment"><b>County</b>: Suffolk</div><br> <br> <span class="not_comment"><span class="field">Coordinate:</span> <span class="value">40° 42' N, 72° 59' W</span></span> <br> <div class="comment"><b>Coordinate basis</b>: based on nearby landmark</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>Geography comments</b>: "at the Lighthouse Tract of Fire Island National Seashore" (coordinate based on Fire Island National Seashore)</div><br> </div> <div style="position: relative; float: left; clear: right; margin-left: 2em; height: 180px; width: 270px; overflow: hidden;"> <img src="images/large_world_map.png" style="position: absolute; bottom: -180px; left: -26px; height: 360px;"> <div style="position: absolute; bottom: 97.9320701300928px; left: 125px;"><span style="font-size: 30px; color: DodgerBlue;">•</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="panelHeader">Environment</div> <div class="panelHeaderRight"></div> <div class="panel panelFloat myPanel"> <div class="comment"><b>Habitat</b>: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>Protection</b>: other protected area</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>Substrate</b>: ground surface</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>WMT</b>: 23.9</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>CMT</b>: -0.4</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>MAP</b>: 1074.0</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>Habitat comments</b>: "natural vegetation... with low (largely dune) vegetation seaward, and scattered native Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida Miller) groves alternating with mixed native deciduous shrub thickets (Myrica– Rhus–Ilex) bayward"<br> climate data based on statino 72504 (Stratford airport)</div><br> </div> <div class="panelHeader">Methods</div> <div class="panelHeaderRight"></div> <div class="panel panelFloat myPanel"> <div class="comment"><b>Life forms</b>: birds</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>Sites</b>: 2</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>Sampling methods</b>: mist nets</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>Sample size</b>: 482 individuals</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>Years</b>: 1997 - 1999</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>Sampling comments</b>: one site was in a pitch pine grove and the other in a shrub thicket<br> counts are only of birds recaptured within four days, so there may be an IQ effect<br> "Up to 14 nylon mist nets, 12 m long, 3 m high, with four shelves and 36-mm mesh" were used in the pine site and "a single bay-to-ocean net lane" with "up to 16 nets" in the scrub site but sampling effort is vaguely indicated and irrelevant given that only recaptures are reported</div><br> </div> <div class="panelHeader">Metadata</div> <div class="panelHeaderRight"></div> <div class="panel panelFloat myPanel"> <div class="comment"><b>Sample number</b>: 1109</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>Contributor</b>: John Alroy</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>Enterer</b>: John Alroy</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>Created</b>: 2014-08-27 09:50:34</div><br> <div class="comment"><b>Modified</b>: 2018-06-30 10:52:19</div><br> </div> <div style="float: left; clear: none; display: block;"> <div class="panelHeader">Abundance distribution</div> <div class="panelHeaderRight"></div> <div class="panel panelFloat myPanel" style="height: 360px;"> <div style="position: absolute; float: left; clear: none; margin-top: 10px; width: 300px;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 10; width: 280.901039853667; height: 280.901039853667; background-color: hsl(0,80%,50%); opacity: 0.5;"></div><div style="position: absolute; left: 259.529392495153; top: 269.529392495153; width: 80.4706075048472; height: 80.4706075048472; background-color: hsl(24,80%,50%); opacity: 0.5;"></div><div style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 271.033648638785; width: 78.9663513612153; height: 78.9663513612153; background-color: hsl(48,80%,50%); opacity: 0.5;"></div><div style="position: absolute; left: 272.495581825861; top: 10; width: 67.5044181741391; height: 67.5044181741391; background-color: hsl(72,80%,50%); opacity: 0.5;"></div><div style="position: absolute; left: 274.296024107115; 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clear: none; margin-top: 20px; margin-left: 300px; width: 20em; padding-left: 6em;"> <div> <div>15 species</div> <div>1 singleton</div> <div>total count 482</div> <div>geometric series index: 18.8</div> <div>Fisher's α: 2.937</div> <div>geometric series <i>k</i>: 0.6610</div> <div>Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5216</div> <div>Shannon's H: 1.3671</div> <div>Good's <i>u</i>: 0.9979</div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: left; clear: both; padding-left: 1em; font-size: 0.9em;"> <i>Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.</i> </div> <div style="float: left; clear: both; padding-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 2em;"> <form method="POST" action=""> <input type="hidden" name="a" value="showMatches"> <input type="hidden" name="sample_no" value="1109"> </form> <div class="mockLink" style="float: left; clear: left;" onClick="document.forms[1].submit();">• Find matching samples</div> <form method="POST" action=""> <input type="hidden" name="a" value="mapMatches"> <input type="hidden" name="sample_no" value="1109"> <div class="mockLink" style="float: left; clear: right;" onClick="document.forms[2].submit();">• Map matching samples</div> </form> <form method="POST" action=""> <input type="hidden" name="a" value="statsPage"> <input type="hidden" name="sample" value="1109"> <div class="mockLink" style="float: left; clear: none;" onClick="document.forms[3].submit();">• Draw sampling curves</div> </form> </div> </div> <div class="panelHeader">Register</div> <div class="panelHeaderRight"></div> <div class="panel panelFloat myPanel"> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0.95em;"> <tr><td class="first"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Dumetella&species=carolinensis"><i>Dumetella</i> <i>carolinensis</i></a></td><td class="countCell first">329</td><td class="countCell first"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Dumetella+carolinensis">35.3 g</a> insectivore-frugivore</td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Pipilo&species=erythrophthalmus"><i>Pipilo</i> <i>erythrophthalmus</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">27</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Pipilo+erythrophthalmus">41.3 g</a> insectivore-granivore</td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Parkesia&species=noveboracensis"><i>Parkesia</i> <i>noveboracensis</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">18</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Parkesia+noveboracensis">16.3 g</a> insectivore</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="commentCell">"Seiurus noveboracensis"</td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Geothlypis&species=trichas"><i>Geothlypis</i> <i>trichas</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">26</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Geothlypis+trichas">2.1 g</a> insectivore</td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Catharus&species=guttatus"><i>Catharus</i> <i>guttatus</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">5</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Catharus+guttatus">30.1 g</a> insectivore-frugivore</td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Coccyzus&species=erythropthalmus"><i>Coccyzus</i> <i>erythropthalmus</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">3</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Coccyzus+erythropthalmus">50.9 g</a></td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Turdus&species=migratorius"><i>Turdus</i> <i>migratorius</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">2</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Turdus+migratorius">78.5 g</a> insectivore-frugivore</td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Melospiza&species=melodia"><i>Melospiza</i> <i>melodia</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">8</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Melospiza+melodia">1.6 g</a> insectivore-granivore</td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Thryothorus&species=ludovicianus"><i>Thryothorus</i> <i>ludovicianus</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">8</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Thryothorus+ludovicianus">4.6 g</a> insectivore</td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Poecile&species=atricapillus"><i>Poecile</i> <i>atricapillus</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">4</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Poecile+atricapillus">10.8 g</a> insectivore</td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Toxostoma&species=rufum"><i>Toxostoma</i> <i>rufum</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">6</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Toxostoma+rufum">68.8 g</a> insectivore</td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Setophaga&species=ruticilla"><i>Setophaga</i> <i>ruticilla</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">19</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Setophaga+ruticilla">8.4 g</a> insectivore</td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Setophaga&species=palmarum"><i>Setophaga</i> <i>palmarum</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">1</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Setophaga+palmarum">10.3 g</a> insectivore</td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Sitta&species=canadensis"><i>Sitta</i> <i>canadensis</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">17</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Sitta+canadensis">9.8 g</a> insectivore</td></tr> <tr><td class="notFirst"><a href="?a=taxonPage&genus=Melospiza&species=georgiana"><i>Melospiza</i> <i>georgiana</i></a></td><td class="countCell notFirst">9</td><td class="countCell notFirst"><a href="?a=sizePage&species=Melospiza+georgiana">16.1 g</a> insectivore-granivore</td></tr> </table> </div> </div> <div style="clear: both; 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