Sample name: Gwangneung Forest (2003)

Reference: T.-S. Kwon. 2014. Empirical test of the influence of global warming and forest disturbance on ant fauna at the Gwangneung Forest Long Term Ecological Research site, South Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 7:252-257 [ER 1300]

Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 11.5

MAP: 1332.0

Habitat comments: "A natural broadleaf forest in the climax stage... consists of 130 species of tree, including Quercus serrata and Carpinus laxiflora"
climate data are for Gwangneung and are from Hong et al. (2012, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.)

Life forms: ants

Sampling methods: quadrat,pitfall traps

Sample size: 2502 individuals

Years: 2003

Days: 10

Seasons: summer

Nets or traps: 300

Net or trap nights: 3000

Sampling comments: "The survey area of 1 ha is composed of 100 plots of small survey areas (10 10 m2) and plastic pipes are fixed at the vertices of the plots... Three plastic cups (9.5 cm in diameter and 6.5 cm deep) were placed diagonally on the ground surface starting from the center of each plot and spaced 2 m apart. The cups were collected 10 days later"

Sample number: 1789

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-10-25 09:43:55

Modified: 2016-01-17 06:32:12