Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary (year 1, dry season)
Basic information
Sample name: Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary (year 1, dry season)
Reference: S. Watanasit, C. Phaphunnn, and S. Permkam. 2000. Diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary, Songkhla, Thailand. ScienceAsia 26:187-194 [ER 521]
Geography
Country: Thailand
State: Songkhla
Coordinate: 15° 58' N, 99° 20' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: coordinate is midpoint of ranges stated in text
altitude given by Boonvanno et al. 2000
altitude given by Boonvanno et al. 2000
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Protection: wildlife protected area
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 27.0
MAP: 1334.0
Habitat comments: MAP "over 2,000 mm" but this figure seems high relative to other reports I have seen for northern Thailand; climate data based on Pongthornpruek et al. (2008 KKU Res J) and apply to Phu Soi Dao National Park, which is in a neighboring province
Methods
Life forms: ants
Sites: 3
Site area: 0.03
Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,pitfall traps
Sample size: 490 individuals
Seasons: dry
Nets or traps: 75
Net or trap nights: 375
Sampling comments: 25 baited pitfall traps in each of three 10 x 10 m quadrats placed randomly within a 100 x 100 m plot and left out for five days
Metadata
Sample number: 891
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-05-01 21:50:24
Modified: 2020-05-29 10:11:15
Abundance distribution
32 species
10 singletons
total count 490
extrapolated richness: 62.2
Fisher's α: 7.669
geometric series k: 0.8556
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8407
Shannon's H: 2.2440
Good's u: 0.9796
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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