Seitseminen National Park (area A, plot 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Seitseminen National Park (area A, plot 1)

Reference: P. Punttila, Y. Haila, and H. Tukia. 1996. Ant communities in taiga clearcuts: habitat effects and species interactions. Ecography 19:16-28 [ER 520]
Geography
Country: Finland



Coordinate: 61° 55' N, 23° 30' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: secondary forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 15.9

CMT: -4.5

MAP: 724.0

Habitat comments: the sites were apparently clearcut and are now dominated by Betula, Populus, and either Picea and spruce or Pinus; spruce and Pinus was planted, but "the stands resembled young stands in natural condition"
climate based on station 29420 (Kankaanpåå)

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sites: 1

Site length: 42

Site width: 42

Sampling methods: quadrat,pitfall traps

Sample size: 1449 individuals

Years: 1987

Sampling comments: nominally 50 but apparently 49 pitfall traps placed in a 7 x7 array spaced 7 m apart

Metadata
Sample number: 890

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-05-01 20:49:16

Modified: 2020-01-03 01:21:28

Abundance distribution
12 species
1 singleton
total count 1449
geometric series index: 14.8
Fisher's α: 1.792
geometric series k: 0.5520
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6624
Shannon's H: 1.3447
Good's u: 0.9993
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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