Sample name: Vale do Guadiana Nature Park

Reference: P. Cardoso, S. S. Henriques, C. Gaspar, L. C. Crespo, R. Carvalho, J. B. Schmidt, P. Sousa, and T. Szüts. 2009. Species richness and composition assessment of spiders in a Mediterranean scrubland. Journal of Insect Conservation 13:45-55 [ER 2896]

Habitat: temperate savanna

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 17.0

MAP: 500.0

Habitat comments: "The site was dominated by a variety of sclerophilous plants, including rockrose (Cistus sp.), lavender (Lavandula sp.), gorse (Ulex sp.) and plants that remained from the former agricultural use of the site or from surrounding areas, mainly oat (Avena sativa L.)"

Life forms: spiders

Sites: 1

Site length: 100

Site width: 100

Sampling methods: quadrat,sweep nets,hand capture

Sample size: 3049 individuals

Years: 2006

Seasons: spring

Sampling comments: "a square sampling plot 100 m wide... Additional effort was made around the sampling plot, up to a distance of about 100 m and an overall sampling area of about 10 ha. Sampling was made from May 9 to 23 of 2006... 224 samples were taken. Each sample consisted of one person-hour of work... 128 samples were made inside the delimited plot over 4 days... by eight collectors... specimens were captured with hand, forceps, pooter or brush" at ground level and with "a round sweep net, with a diameter 40 cm"
counts are of adults only

Sample number: 3105

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-09-19 21:46:52

Modified: 2018-09-19 11:46:52