Piscataquis dense spruce-fir stands (1977)
Basic information
Sample name: Piscataquis dense spruce-fir stands (1977)
Reference: D. T. Jennings, M. W. Houseweart, and A. Francouer. 1986. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) associated with strip-clearcut and dense spruce-fir forests of Maine. Canadian Entomologist 118:43-50 [ER 534]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Maine
County: Piscataquis
Coordinate: 46° 20' N, 69° 22' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "48 to 61 km northwest of Millinocket" (I.e., near Allagash Wilderness Waterway, the basis of the coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: temperate coniferous forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 18.7
CMT: -11.8
MAP: 937.0
Habitat comments: "dense spruce-fir forest"
climate data based on station 72712 (Caribou Municipal Airport)
climate data based on station 72712 (Caribou Municipal Airport)
Methods
Life forms: ants
Sites: 5
Sampling methods: line transect,pitfall traps
Sample size: 304 individuals
Years: 1977
Days: 70
Nets or traps: 20
Net or trap nights: 1400
Sampling comments: five stands each including four traps in a transect of unclear length; contents of pitfall traps were collected weekly for ten weeks
Metadata
Sample number: 909
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-05-04 17:25:50
Modified: 2016-06-17 00:20:05
Abundance distribution
6 species
1 singleton
total count 304
geometric series index: 8.3
Fisher's α: 1.060
geometric series k: 0.3671
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5798
Shannon's H: 1.0262
Good's u: 0.9967
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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