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)

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
geometric series index: 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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