Säo Carlos
Basic information
Sample name: Säo Carlos

Reference: M. M. López-Uribe, C. A. Oi, and M. A. del Lama. 2008. Nectar-foraging behavior of Euglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in urban areas. Apidologie 39:410-418 [ER 2449]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Säo Paulo



Coordinate: 22° 1' S, 47° 53' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "inside the urban area of the city of Säo Carlos (SP-Brazil) located between 21º30’S 47º30’W and 22º30’S 48º30’W... All sites were found on street sidewalks within the urban perimeter" (this range is very large, so the coordinate is based on Säo Carlos)

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: inhabited area

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 1400.0

Habitat comments: "The climate of the region is bimodal, with dry winters (April–September), wet summers (October–May)... The native vegetation of the area was mainly composed of savannas, arboreal savannas and riparian forests, but it is currently very fragmented, with only 7% of its original coverage remaining"

Methods
Life forms: orchid bees

Sites: 12

Sampling methods: no design,hand capture

Sample size: 878 individuals

Years: 2005, 2006

Sampling comments: "Twelve sites of T. peruviana trees were sampled, located at linear distances ranging from 0.24– 5.45 km apart... For four months in 2005 (Feb–Mar; Nov, Nov– Dec) and seven months in 2006 (Jan–Jul), every site was sampled at least once every two weeks for a two-hour period... Euglossines were collected in plastic bags while visiting T. peruviana flowers... The vials were then opened until the bees found their way out and flew away"

Metadata
Sample number: 2710

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-04-16 20:34:53

Modified: 2020-01-14 05:09:34

Abundance distribution
4 species
0 singletons
total count 878
geometric series index: 4.6
Fisher's α: 0.541
geometric series k: 0.1666
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.3895
Shannon's H: 0.6195
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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