Danum Valley Field Centre (100 m from edge)
Basic information
Sample name: Danum Valley Field Centre (100 m from edge)

Reference: T. M. Fayle, L. Bakker, C. Cheah, T. M. Ching, A. Davey, F. Dem, A. Earl, Y. Hauimei, S. Hyland, B. Johansson, E. Ligtermoet, R. Lim, L. K. Lin, P. Luangyotha, B. H. Martins, A. F. Palmeirim, S. Paninhuan, S. K. Rojas, L. Sam, P. T. Sam, Susanto, Wahyudi, Walsh, Weigl, Craze, Jehle, Metcalfe, and Trevelyan. 2011. A positive relationship between ant biodiversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and rate of scavenger-mediated nutrient redistribution along a disturbance gradient in a south-east Asian rain forest. Myrmecological News 14:5-12 [ER 503]
Geography
Country: Malaysia

State: Sabah


Coordinate: 5° 1' N, 117° 49' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 27.2

CMT: 26.1

MAP: 1958.0

Habitat comments: "dipterocarp rain forest"
climate based on station 96481 (Tawau)

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sampling methods: hand capture

Sample size: 1802 individuals

Years: 2009

Days: 2

Sampling comments: hand collection from baited Petri dish lids

Metadata
Sample number: 871

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-22 20:14:01

Modified: 2014-04-24 01:46:12

Abundance distribution
18 species
0 singletons
total count 1802
geometric series index: 19.8
Fisher's α: 2.780
geometric series k: 0.7568
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8874
Shannon's H: 2.3586
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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