Keela Arunachalapuram (September 2007)
Basic information
Sample name: Keela Arunachalapuram (September 2007)

Reference: S. Chandrasekar, C. Sundaravadivelan, S. P. Sevarkodiyone, M. Mariselvan, and U. Ramesh. 2012. Study on the density of mosquitoes in a dry area from Keela Arunachalapuram, Vilathikulam Taluk, Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Environmental Sciences 2(4):2167-2172 [ER 2214]
Geography
Country: India

State: Tamil Nadu


Coordinate: 9° 19' N, 78° 11' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: in "Vilathikulam Taluk, Thoothukudi District" (coordinate based on Keela Arunachalapuram)

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: cropland

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 29.4

MAP: 660.0

Habitat comments: "Keela arunachalapuram is a typical rural area, and also a dry area depends only on rainwater for practicing agricultural activities"
habitat not entirely clear, but Thoothukudi has rainfall in the range of a savanna
climate data are for Kovilpatti and are from Pal et al. (2006, Geoderma)

Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes

Sampling methods: no design

Sample size: 284 individuals

Years: 2007

Sampling comments: "The study was conducted for six months from September 2007 to February 2008... A systematic weekly collection of adult female mosquitoes was made for twelve hours at ground level" (sampling effort and exact methods unclear)

Metadata
Sample number: 2252

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-09-04 10:26:21

Modified: 2020-01-14 07:35:13

Abundance distribution
4 species
0 singletons
total count 284
geometric series index: 4.2
Fisher's α: 0.659
geometric series k: 0.4127
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6522
Shannon's H: 1.1516
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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