Gwangneung Forest (2012)
Basic information
Sample name: Gwangneung Forest (2012)

Reference: T.-S. Kwon. 2014. Empirical test of the influence of global warming and forest disturbance on ant fauna at the Gwangneung Forest Long Term Ecological Research site, South Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 7:252-257 [ER 1300]
Geography
Country: South Korea


Coordinate: 37.44° N, 127.08° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: coordinate based on Korea National Arboretum

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "A natural broadleaf forest in the climax stage... consists of 130 species of tree, including Quercus serrata and Carpinus laxiflora"

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sampling methods: quadrat,pitfall traps

Sample size: 4944 individuals

Years: 2012

Days: 10

Seasons: summer

Nets or traps: 300

Net or trap nights: 3000

Sampling comments: "The survey area of 1 ha is composed of 100 plots of small survey areas (10 10 m2) and plastic pipes are fixed at the vertices of the plots... Three plastic cups (9.5 cm in diameter and 6.5 cm deep) were placed diagonally on the ground surface starting from the center of each plot and spaced 2 m apart. The cups were collected 10 days later"

Metadata
Sample number: 1790

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-10-25 09:58:50

Modified: 2015-10-24 22:58:50

Abundance distribution
27 species
6 singletons
total count 4944
geometric series index: 38.0
Fisher's α: 3.759
geometric series k: 0.7512
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7773
Shannon's H: 1.8352
Good's u: 0.9988
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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