Comanche National Grassland (unburned, 1999)
Basic information
Sample name: Comanche National Grassland (unburned, 1999)
Reference: L. Nadeau, P. E. Cushing, and B. C. Kondratieff. 2006. Effects of fire disturbance on grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) assemblages of the Comanche National Grasslands, Colorado. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 79(1):2-12 [ER 2142]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Colorado
Coordinate: 37° 17' 0" N, 102° 35' 30" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: "at three locations 10–40 km south of Springfield, Colorado on the Carrizo Unit of CNG" (coordinate is the median of the three reported values)
Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna
Substrate: ground surface
MAP: 413.0
Habitat comments: "in shortgrass prairie habitat"
Methods
Life forms: orthopterans
Sampling methods: line transect,hoop nets
Sample size: 154 individuals
Years: 1999, 2000
Days: 12
Seasons: spring,summer,autumn
Nets or traps: 120
Net or trap nights: 1440
Sampling comments: "Grasshopper density was estimated using hoop sampling... Four transects were randomly chosen at each site (at least 100 m from the border, to minimize edge effects)... Each transect contained ten 0.25 m2 hoops 2.5 m apart... Hoops were sampled once per month May–October 1999 and 2000" (3 sites x 4 transects x 10 hoops = 120 hoops; 6 months x 2 years x presumably 1 day per event = 12 days)
Metadata
Sample number: 2132
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-07-24 17:02:47
Modified: 2016-07-24 07:02:47
Abundance distribution
18 species
4 singletons
total count 154
geometric series index: 31.4
Fisher's α: 5.285
geometric series k: 0.8038
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8385
Shannon's H: 2.1859
Good's u: 0.9744
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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