Asembo
Basic information
Sample name: Asembo
Reference: J. Jiang, A. N. Maina, D. L. Knobel, S. Cleaveland, A. Laudisoit, K. Wamburu, E. Ogola, P. Parola, R. F. Breiman, M. K. Njenga, and A. L. Richards. 2013. Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis in fleas from human habitats, Asembo, Kenya. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 13(8):550-558 [ER 941]
Geography
Country: Kenya
State: Nyanza
Coordinate: -0.18° S, 34.38° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: 50 randomly selected houses "in the Asembo division of Rarieda District, Nyanza Province" (coordinate based on Asembo)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Altered habitat: inhabited area
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 22.5
MAP: 1900.0
Habitat comments: original habitat is a guess based on an African biome map
climate data are for neighboring Siaya County and are from Khaenje et al. (2013, African Crop Science Conference Proceedings)
climate data are for neighboring Siaya County and are from Khaenje et al. (2013, African Crop Science Conference Proceedings)
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sites: 50
Sampling methods: no design,baited,Sherman traps
Sample size: 55 individuals
Years: 2009
Nets or traps: 250
Net or trap nights: 1000
Sampling comments: trapping used "baited Sherman live traps" and "Five traps were placed within dwellings, in outbuildings, and outdoors in each compound for 4 consecutive nights"
Metadata
Sample number: 1420
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-27 21:12:29
Modified: 2020-01-14 07:23:51
Abundance distribution
5 species
1 singleton
total count 55
extrapolated richness: 7.5
Fisher's α: 1.336
geometric series k: 0.4729
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6906
Shannon's H: 1.2785
Good's u: 0.9825
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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