Saharevo (human landing, outdoor)
Basic information
Sample name: Saharevo (human landing, outdoor)

Reference: L. Andrianaivolambo, O. Domarle, M. Randrianarivelojosia, J. Ratovonjato, G. Le Goff, A. Talman, F. Ariey, and V. Robert. 2010. Anthropophilic mosquitoes and malaria transmission in the eastern foothills of the central highlands of Madagascar. Acta Tropica 116:240-245 [ER 2280]
Geography
Country: Madagascar


Coordinate: 19° 22' S, 48° 10' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "in the Moramanga district, Alaotra-Mangoro region, former province of Toamasina"
latitude stated as 18º 82' S, presumably meaning 18º 52' S based on the latitude of Moramanga

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: cropland

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 23.0

CMT: 16.0

MAP: 1400.0

Habitat comments: "The mean annual rainfall is 1400 mm, ranging monthly between 255 and 3 mm, in December and September, respectively. The average temperatures of the hottest and coldest months are 23 and 16 ◦ C in February and August... The population... is mainly devoted to agricultural activities with an accessory production of charcoal. Rice fields are occasionally present"

Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes

Sampling methods: no design,hand capture

Sample size: 4759 individuals

Years: 2003, 2004

Sampling comments: "The study was carried out from October 6, 2003 to September 27, 2004... It was conducted each week from November 2003 to June 2004, and every other week in October 2003 and from July 2004 to September 2004; observations were made 42 weeks in total"; sampling involved "all night human landing catches with volunteers staying indoors or outdoors... Female mosquitoes... were collected as they landed on the bare legs of volunteers... The total number of human-nights was... 336"

Metadata
Sample number: 2382

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-12-24 12:50:02

Modified: 2020-01-14 07:42:53

Abundance distribution
25 species
2 singletons
total count 4759
geometric series index: 29.6
Fisher's α: 3.459
geometric series k: 0.7524
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8768
Shannon's H: 2.3190
Good's u: 0.9996
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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