Vernon Hills (sagebrush)
Basic information
Sample name: Vernon Hills (sagebrush)

Reference: S. M. Ostoja, E. W. Schupp, and K. Sivy. 2009. Ant assemblages in intact big sagebrush and converted cheatgrass-dominated habitats in Tooele County, Utah. Western North American Naturalist 69(2):223-234 [ER 517]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Utah


County: Tooele


Coordinate: 40° 5' 19" N, 112° 21' 24" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 25.5

CMT: -0.6

MAP: 361.0

Habitat comments: "the potential plant community consists of about 45% perennial grasses, 15% forbs, and 40% shrubs"
climate based on station 725720 (Salt Lake City International Airport)

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sites: 3

Site area: 3

Sampling methods: quadrat,pitfall traps

Sample size: 3157 individuals

Years: 2004

Nets or traps: 75

Net or trap nights: 150

Sampling comments: three "1.5-ha study plots" each including "25 pitfall traps placed in a 5 x 5 grid with 20-m spacing between traps" that were left out for 48 hours

Metadata
Sample number: 887

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-30 17:05:58

Modified: 2014-04-30 07:05:58

Abundance distribution
14 species
0 singletons
total count 3157
geometric series index: 15.3
Fisher's α: 1.886
geometric series k: 0.6144
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6286
Shannon's H: 1.3740
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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