Satara area (large pitfall traps)
Basic information
Sample name: Satara area (large pitfall traps)

Sample aka: Kruger National Park

Reference: C. L. Parr and S. L. Chown. 2001. Inventory and bioindicator sampling: Testing pitfall and Winkler methods with ants in a South African savanna. Journal of Insect Conservation 5:27-36 [ER 535]
Geography
Country: South Africa



Coordinate: -24.40° S, 31.77° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: coordinate based on February and Higgins (2010)

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 29.8

CMT: 16.0

MAP: 550.0

Habitat comments: "Sweet Lowveld Bushveld" (savanna) and specifically "moribund grass, bushes and trees"
MAP stated in text; CMT and WMT based on February and Higgins (2010, South African Journal of Botany)

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sites: 3

Site length: 30

Sampling methods: line transect,pitfall traps

Sample size: 665 individuals

Days: 3

Nets or traps: 15

Net or trap nights: 45

Sampling comments: 15 pitfall traps set 5 m apart along three transects and left open for three days

Metadata
Sample number: 910

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-05-04 19:55:43

Modified: 2014-05-04 09:55:43

Abundance distribution
20 species
6 singletons
total count 665
geometric series index: 34.8
Fisher's α: 3.885
geometric series k: 0.7233
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4844
Shannon's H: 1.2483
Good's u: 0.9910
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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