Sample name: Chatterton (1944)

Reference: R. W. Smith. 1965. A field population of Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fab.) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and its parasites. Canadian Journal of Zoology 43:179-201 [ER 2175]

Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "a 5-acre field of gently rolling pastureland... bounded on the north by deciduous woodland"

Life forms: orthopterans

Sampling methods: quadrat,sweep nets,other traps

Sample size: 2394 individuals

Years: 1944

Days: 21

Seasons: spring,summer,autumn

Sampling comments: populations "were sampled from early May to late September, weekly... On each sampling day two series of 20 samples were taken in close proximity to wooden markers placed at the intersections of a 30- x 40-pace grid. One series was taken with a square-yard sampler... and the other with a 15-in. net (15 sweeps of 180º per sample)" (sampling was therefore over approximately 21 weeks)

Sample number: 2197

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-08-05 14:16:18

Modified: 2016-08-05 04:16:18