Reservoir Canyon
Basic information
Sample name: Reservoir Canyon

Reference: T. A. Kennedy. 1998. Patterns of an invasion by Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) in a riparian corridor and its effects on ant diversity. American Midland Naturalist 140(2):343-350 [ER 477]
Geography
Country: United States

State: California


County: San Luis Obispo


Coordinate: 35° 16' 27" N, 120° 39' 47" W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: 1 mile NE of San Luis Obispo (basis of coordinate)

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: invasive animals

WMT: 17.7

CMT: 10.7

MAP: 326.0

Habitat comments: riparian woodland dominated by Quercus, Toxicodendron, and Salix
climate based on station 72394 (Santa Maria)

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sites: 5

Sampling methods: line transect,pitfall traps

Sample size: 364 individuals

Years: 1994

Days: 2

Seasons: spring

Nets or traps: 87

Net or trap nights: 174

Sampling comments: five 120 to 200 m transects spaced 100 m apart with a total of 87 traps set out for "48 h starting 27 May"

Metadata
Sample number: 839

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-18 21:23:22

Modified: 2015-10-03 22:51:01

Abundance distribution
11 species
0 singletons
total count 364
geometric series index: 13.2
Fisher's α: 2.139
geometric series k: 0.6464
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7394
Shannon's H: 1.6760
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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