Correlations of Rainfall and Forest Type with Papilionid Assemblages in Assam in Northeast India
Table 1
Characteristics of the five study sites selected for butterfly sampling.
Study sites
Geographical position
Area in hectares
Habitat type and landscape element
Altitude (m) above MSL
Level and type of human disturbance
S1
26°–91°
15
Mixed moist deciduous secondary Sal forest with good cover of grasses
102
Partially disturbed human settlement, earth cutting, small wood collection
S2
26°–91°
5
Mixed-moist deciduous secondary forest with intermittent tracts of Bamboo brakes. Closed canopy with trees > 20 m in height. Abundance of climbers
130
Partially disturbed stone ecouarrying, earth cutting, selective logging
S3
26°–91°
5
Secondary euphorbiaceous scrub with grasses growing up to 10–15 cm on the rocky slopes and hills in the areas near to the abandoned patches of shifting cultivation