Sample name: George Washington National Forest

Reference: C. Wang, J. Strazanac, and L. Butler. 2000. Abundance, diversity, and activity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in oak-dominated mixed Appalachian forests treated with microbial pesticides. Environmental Entomology 29(3):579-586 [ER 533]

Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: national/state forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 11.2

MAP: 991.0

Life forms: ants

Sites: 9

Sampling methods: quadrat,pitfall traps

Sample size: 25775 individuals

Years: 1995 - 1997

Days: 315

Nets or traps: 189

Net or trap nights: 19845

Sampling comments: nine plots each with two 3 x 3 arrays of pitfall traps during the first year and two 2 x 3 arrays in the second and third years (arrays were apparently not maintained, so the traps are counted separately); traps were checked 15 times a year and left out for one week at a time (meaning 105 days a year)

Sample number: 907

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-05-04 14:10:22

Modified: 2014-05-04 04:10:22