Efficient Evaluation of Biodiversity Concerns in Protected Areas

Table 3

Summary of optimal vegetation-specific number of sample sites to define richness, abundance, and diversity of plant, ants, and birds within a vegetation community. We also illustrate the requirements to define dung abundances of large mammals.

	Richness		Abundance		Diversity
	Sandy plains	Rocky hills	Sandy plains	Rocky hills	Sandy plains	Rocky hills
Plants	183	206	2	8	3	3
Ants	80	67	2	2	2	3
Birds	166	106	29	19	12	7
Mammals	—	—	10	10	—	—