Sample name: Fazenda Almas Private Natural Reserve (first year, wet season)

Reference: L. S. Carvalho, N. Sebastian, H. F. P. Araùjo, S. C. Dias, E. Venticinque, A. D. Brescovit, and A. Vasconcellos. 2015. Climatic variables do not directly predict spider richness and abundance in semiarid Caatinga vegetation, Brazil. Environmental Entomology 44(1):54-63 [ER 1028]

Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 25.0

MAP: 560.0

Habitat comments: "dense to open arboreal Caatinga, all with strong deciduous characteristics, with almost all of their leaves shed during the dry season"

Life forms: spiders

Sampling methods: line transect,other nets,malaise traps,pitfall traps

Sample size: 229 individuals

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Nets or traps: 30

Sampling comments: "a 100 ha grid with six parallel transects spaced 200 m apart... Six sampling points were established along each transect line, separated by 200 m one from each other, forming a 6 by 6 matrix with a total of 36 sampling points... sampled on a monthly basis for 24 mo... One point in each transect was chosen at random and sampled for one month, and each point was sampled twice a year... Five pitfall traps were placed at each collection point in a cross-shaped pattern... Four trees were sampled at each point using 80- by 80-cm beating trays (20 beats were applied to each tree)... Invertebrates were also sampled using Malaise traps covering an area of 2 m2"

Sample number: 1523

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-05-03 19:52:44

Modified: 2015-05-03 09:52:44