Castelporziano Natural Reserve cultivated fields (May)
Basic information
Sample name: Castelporziano Natural Reserve cultivated fields (May)

Reference: C. Castracani, D. A. Grasso, A. Fanfani, and A. Mori. 2010. The ant fauna of Castelporziano Presidential Reserve (Rome, Italy) as a model for the analysis of ant community structure in relation to environmental variation in Mediterranean ecosystems. Journal of Insect Conservation 14:585-594 [ER 496]
Geography
Country: Italy


Coordinate: 41.73° N, 12.40° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Castel Porziano

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: cropland

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 25.0

CMT: 8.5

MAP: 742.0

Habitat comments: "Fields cultivated with lucerne (Medicago sativa) following the procedures of rotation and rest"
climate data based on station 16242

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sites: 2

Site length: 180

Sampling methods: line transect,pitfall traps

Sample size: 114 individuals

Years: 2006

Days: 3

Nets or traps: 20

Net or trap nights: 60

Sampling comments: 10 pitfall traps in each of two sites spaced 10 m apart on a linear transect each left open for three days

Metadata
Sample number: 861

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-21 21:45:27

Modified: 2015-10-04 01:26:33

Abundance distribution
7 species
0 singletons
total count 114
geometric series index: 9.9
Fisher's α: 1.646
geometric series k: 0.5584
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5729
Shannon's H: 1.1388
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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