Calm Water Creek
Basic information
Sample name: Calm Water Creek
Reference: J. S. Lapolla, T. Suman, J. Sosa-Calvo, and T. R. Schultz. 2007. Leaf litter ant diversity in Guyana. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:491-510 [ER 506]
Geography
Country: Guyana
Coordinate: 6° 28' 4" N, 58° 37' 10" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: leaf litter
MAT: 25.4
MAP: 2450.0
Habitat comments: "evergreen sclerophyllous forest, also called ‘‘Wallaba’’ forest due to the presence of the tree Eperua falcata"
climate based on station 81002 (Timehri) as drawn from http://data.un.org
climate based on station 81002 (Timehri) as drawn from http://data.un.org
Methods
Life forms: ants
Sites: 1
Site length: 100
Sampling methods: line transect,Winkler apparatus
Sample size: 2115 individuals
Nets or traps: 10
Sampling comments: 1 m2 "samples of leaf litter" spaced 10 m apart on a 100 m transect (apparently meaning 10 and not 11 samples); leaf litter was sifted and "placed in a mini-Winkler extractor for 48 h"
Metadata
Sample number: 874
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-23 13:32:34
Modified: 2014-04-24 01:46:53
Abundance distribution
51 species
9 singletons
total count 2115
geometric series index: 71.7
Fisher's α: 9.411
geometric series k: 0.8775
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8658
Shannon's H: 2.7240
Good's u: 0.9957
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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