Mapimi Biosphere Reserve (Conglomerate Hill)
Basic information
Sample name: Mapimi Biosphere Reserve (Conglomerate Hill)
Reference: P. Rojas and C. Fragoso. 2000. Composition, diversity, and distribution of a Chihuahuan Desert ant community (Mapimà , México). Journal of Arid Environments 44:213-227 [ER 500]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Durango
Coordinate: 26° 24' N, 103° 51' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: the reserve also extends into Coahuila and Chihuahua but is mostly in Durango
coordinate extrapolated from the town of MapimÃ
altitude 1100 to 1470 m
coordinate extrapolated from the town of MapimÃ
altitude 1100 to 1470 m
Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Protection: biosphere reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 20.8
MAP: 284.0
Habitat comments: "heterogeneous xerophytic shrub" including "grasslands, shrubs of Larrea tridentata, rosette and mixed shrubs, dunes, and other vegetation subtypes"
Methods
Life forms: ants
Sampling methods: no design,pitfall traps
Sample size: 735 individuals
Years: 1987
Days: 7
Nets or traps: 25
Net or trap nights: 175
Sampling comments: 25 pitfall traps left open for 7 days
Metadata
Sample number: 867
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-22 13:46:02
Modified: 2015-10-04 01:31:55
Abundance distribution
19 species
3 singletons
total count 735
extrapolated richness: 25.4
Fisher's α: 3.562
geometric series k: 0.7349
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7884
Shannon's H: 1.9410
Good's u: 0.9959
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Current reference:
Herzog et al. 2003 (ER 1261)