Results

Naturalis expedition, Vietnam, September-October 2009

Point diversity estimates
Cat Ba
Observed species: 108
Adult spiders: 680
Sampling intensity: 6.30
Estimators (% complete): 148-164 (66-73%)
Singletons/Uniques: 41/46
Doubletons/Duplicates: 21/24

Cuc Phuong
Observed species: 76
Adult spiders: 683
Sampling intensity: 8.99
Estimators (% complete): 92-104 (73-82%)
Singletons/Uniques: 25/28
Doubletons/Duplicates: 19/20

Vu Quang
Observed species: 128
Adult spiders: 646
Sampling intensity: 5.05
Estimators (% complete): 178-213 (60-72%)
Singletons/Uniques: 53/62
Doubletons/Duplicates: 25/25

Total for all three sites
Observed species: 240
Adult spiders: 2009
Sampling intensity: 8.34


Shared diversity
Observed and estimated shared species. Top frame: observed shared species (proportion of shared species); bottom frame: Chao’s estimated proportional similarity (95% confidence interval). 17 species were found at all three sites.

Cat Ba Cuc Phuong Vu Quang
Cat Ba
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31 (0.20)
29 (0.14)
Cuc Phuong
0.21 (0.14, 0.34)
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29 (0.17)
Vu Quang
0.14 (0.10, 0.27)
0.18 (0.11, 0.47)
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Publications
Miller, J. & D.S. Pham (2011) Landscape biodiversity of tropical forest spider communities in Vietnam (Arachnida: Araneae). Treubia, 38: 53-70. (Preliminary results)
Miller, J.A., J.H. Miller, D.S. Pham & K.K. Beentjes (2014) Cyberdiversity: Improving the informatic value of diverse tropical arthropod inventories. PLoS ONE 9(12): e115750. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115750. Link to publication


Literature cited
Chao A., W.-H. Hwang, Y.-C. Chen & C.-Y. Kuo (2000) Estimating the number of shared species in two communities. Statistica Sinica 10: 227-246. Link to PDF
Chao A. & S.-M. Lee S-M (1992) Estimating the number of classes via sample coverage. Journal of the American Statistical Association 87: 210-217. Link to PDF