Sample name: Sachamate

Reference: S. Escobar-Ramírez, S. Duque, N. Henao, A. Hurtado-Giraldo, and I. Armbrecht. 2012. Removal of nonmyrmecochorous seeds by ants: role of ants in cattle grasslands. Psyche 2012(951029):1-8 [ER 2121]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 24.0

MAP: 1250.0

Habitat comments: "Over a century ago, dry tropical forest dominated the region... but at present only 2.7% of the original forest remains, the remainder having been replaced with great expanses of sugarcane fields and cattle farms" and sampling was in open pastures
MAP 1000 to 1500 mm

Life forms: ants

Sites: 1

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,other traps

Sample size: 336 individuals

Years: 2009

Days: 1

Nets or traps: 10

Net or trap nights: 10

Trap spacing: 0.02

Sampling comments: "Fieldwork was carried out between September and October 2009... a lineal transect of 190 m with 10 sampling units (SUs), separated 20 m from one another, was established. Each SU consisted of a circle of white paper 12cm in diameter with 5g of tuna in oil and approximately 0.5 mL of honey. These were left on the ground for a period of 2 hours"

Sample number: 2099

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-06-16 12:37:11

Modified: 2016-06-16 02:37:11