Mount Demula and Bomi Valley
Basic information
Sample name: Mount Demula and Bomi Valley

Reference: X. Liu, Z.-H. Xu, X.-Y. Zhou, N.-N. Yu, and C.-L. Zhang. 2011. Ant communities of west slope of Mount Demula and Bomi Valley in Southeastern Tibet. Forest Research 24(4):458-463 [ER 512]
Geography
Country: China

State: Tibet

Coordinate: 31° 48' N, 96° 45' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: apparently within Bo Mi Xian (basis of coordinate)
sites range in elevation from 2225 to 4776 m; midpoint value is used

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Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 16.0

CMT: -1.8

MAP: 546.0

Habitat comments: habitat is a guess
climate data are based on station 56137 (possibly Qamdo), which is at a very similar altitude

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sites: 11

Sampling methods: quadrat

Sample size: 17150 individuals

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: collecting involved "sample-plot and search-collecting methods" (details unclear from abstract)

Metadata
Sample no: 881

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-28 14:26:29

Modified: 2016-06-17 00:20:21

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
27 species
0 singleton
total count 17150
geometric series index: 29.1
Fisher's α: 3.137
geometric series k: 0.7396
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7491
Shannon's H: 1.8344
Good's u: 1
Register
Pheidole nietneri 7647
Formica gagatoides 2357
Formica candida 2203
Paratrechina sakurae 1703
Aphaenogaster sp. 1 1129
Myrmica jesensis 595
Myrmica bactriana 420
Pachycondyla luteipes 358
Leptothorax sp. 2 142
Myrmica smythiesii 126
Stenamma sp. 2 69
Formica fukaii 69
Tetramorium sp. 1 62
Formica fusca 54
Myrmica sp. 1 52
Myrmica rubra 37
Stenamma sp. 1 30
Leptothorax sp. 1 29
Tetramorium sp. 1 21
Ponera sp. 1 8
Paratrechina yerburyi 8
Leptothorax sp. 3 7
Paratrechina sp. 1 7
Formica lemani 6
Paratrechina bourbonica 6
Myrmica margaritae 3
Aphaenogaster tibetana 2