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- Use Levins’ Measure and the standardized Levins’ to describe the niche breadth

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Question

- Use Levins’ Measure and the standardized Levins’ to describe the niche breadth for each species and describe them as Generalist, Specialist, or something in between - Use Morisita’s Index (CsubH) to measure the degree of niche overlap for: NAWA vs TEWA and REVI vs WAVI. 1: Tree usage by migratory passerines in southeastern South Dakota. These are whole numbers (observations) and you will need to convert ea % used! (NAWA-Nashville Warbler; TEWA-Tennessee Warbler, REVER eyed Vireo; WAVI-Warbling Vireo ch to a ed- BIRD SPECIES TREE SPECIES Basswood Boxelder Cottonwood Elm sp. Green Ash Hackberry Maple sp Mulberry Oak (Bur) Rough-leaved Dogwood Russian Olive Sumac Walnut (Black) Willow sp. White Pine TOTAL USED NAWA TEWA WAVI 4 25 113 50 18 15 REVI 19 8 21 4 20 13 4 4 45 16 1 1 1 249 75 90 74

Explanation / Answer

The percentage of trees as used by different species is calculated above.

B I R D Tree species NAWA TEWA REWI WAVI Basswood 1.35% 1.606% Boxelder 12 % 7.78% 25.67% 10.04% cottonwood 10.66% 2.22% 12.16% 45.38% elm sp. 28% 22.22% 17.56% 20.08% Greenash 5.33% 2.22% 6.75% 7.22% Hackberry 6.67% 4.44% 5.40% 6.02% Maple sp. 2.22% 6.75% 1.20% Mulberry 6.67% 1.35% 1.60% Oak 13.33% 50% 21.62% 2.008% Dogwood 12% 0.695% R. Olive 0.086% Sumac 1.33% Walnut 1.11% 1.35% Willow sp 3.99% 6.66% 0.17% white pine 1.11% 0.086%