Universidad Austral de Chile
Basic information
Sample name: Universidad Austral de Chile

Sample aka: Valdivia

Reference: L. Devotto, R. Carrillo, E. Cisternas, and M. Gerding. 2007. Effects of lambda-cyhalothrin and Beauveria bassiana spores on abundance of Chilean soil surface predators, especially spiders and carabid beetles. Pedobiologia 51:65-73 [ER 1180]
Geography
Country: Chile


Coordinate: 39° 49' S, 73° 15' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "at the experimental field of the Universidad Austral de Chile" (coordinate based on Valdivia)

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "naturalized pasture... comprised primarily of ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus L.)... The climate is typical of temperate zones"

Methods
Life forms: ground beetles

Sampling methods: quadrat,pitfall traps

Sample size: 1136 individuals

Years: 2003

Days: 12

Nets or traps: 144

Net or trap nights: 1728

Sampling comments: "dry pitfall traps... The sites were sampled once before spraying and three times after spraying... On each sampling date, traps had been active for 4 days and were checked daily. We placed 12 traps/plot, arranging them in three rows and four columns" and there were three four-replicate treatments including "30 x 30 m unfenced plots"

Metadata
Sample number: 1712

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-07-19 18:21:50

Modified: 2015-07-19 08:21:50

Abundance distribution
11 species
1 singleton
total count 1136
extrapolated richness: 13.1
Fisher's α: 1.689
geometric series k: 0.5362
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7269
Shannon's H: 1.5913
Good's u: 0.9991
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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