Sample name: Lamto reserve (pineapple plantations)

Reference: M. Kone, S. Konate, K. Yeo, P. K. Kouassi, and K. E. Linsenmair. 2010. Diversity and abundance of terrestrial ants along a gradient of land use intensification in a transitional forest-savannah zone of Côte d'Ivoire. Journal of Applied Biosciences 29:1809-1827 [ER 504]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: cropland

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: hunting,selective logging

MAT: 28.6

MAP: 1053.0

Habitat comments: general environment is "forest-savannah transitional zone... Before cropping, the area was mechanically cleared by felling trees using chain saws. The remaining vegetation and dead woods were then completely bulldozed; so that there was no tree"

Life forms: ants

Sites: 3

Sampling methods: line transect,sieves,Winkler apparatus,pitfall traps,hand capture

Sample size: 100 individuals

Years: 2005

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Nets or traps: 30

Sampling comments: 3 sites each with a 200 m transect including 15 soil samples spaced 12 m apart, with a combination of pitfall traps, extraction using a mini-Winkler apparatus, hand sampling of sieved soil samples, and general hand sampling
"The study was carried out... during the long rainy season (April to October 2005)"

Sample number: 2348

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-10-27 11:53:31

Modified: 2016-10-27 00:53:31