McLaughlin Homestake Mining Co. (non-serpentine chaparral/pitfall)
Basic information
Sample name: McLaughlin Homestake Mining Co. (non-serpentine chaparral/pitfall)
Reference: B. L. Fisher. 1997. A comparison of ant assemblages (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on serpentine and non-serpentine soils in northern California. Insectes Sociaux 44:23-33 [ER 518]
Geography
Country: United States
State: California
Coordinate: 38° 51' N, 122° 38' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: four sites "near Red- Elephant Mine, west of the Berryessa Knoxville Road and east of Jericho Creek in Lake County, between 485 and 575m (20km ESE Lower Lake, 38°50′N, 122°24′W)" and four sites "in Yolo County, along the Rieff Rayhose Road and Davis Creek between 525 and 650 m, approximately 5km NNE of the Red-Elephant Mine sites (13km W Rumsey, 38°52′N, 122°523′ E)" (coordinate is the midpoint)
Environment
Habitat: Mediterranean woodland
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 18.1
WMT: 27.8
CMT: 11.4
MAP: 725.0
Habitat comments: "chapparal" vegetation including some trees
climate data are based on Safford and Harrison (2008, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-189), who report on this exact area
climate data are based on Safford and Harrison (2008, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-189), who report on this exact area
Methods
Life forms: ants
Sites: 8
Site length: 360
Sampling methods: line transect,pitfall traps
Sample size: 2383 individuals
Years: 1993
Nets or traps: 80
Net or trap nights: 3680
Sampling comments: "10 pitfall traps were installed in a 45 m transect with 5 m between each trap" at each of the eight sites; sites were left out "from 24 April to 9 June 1993" (= 46 days)
Metadata
Sample number: 888
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-30 17:43:16
Modified: 2014-04-30 07:43:16
Abundance distribution
21 species
3 singletons
total count 2383
geometric series index: 27.1
Fisher's α: 3.171
geometric series k: 0.7198
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8272
Shannon's H: 2.0306
Good's u: 0.9987
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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