St. Catherine (CA1)
Basic information
Sample name: St. Catherine (CA1)
Reference: G. M. Orabi, F. M. Semida, M. S. Abdel-Dayem, M. R. Sharaf, and S. M. Zalat. 2011. Diversity patterns of ants along an elevation gradient at St. Catherine Protectorate, South Sinai, Egypt. Zoology in the Middle East 54:101-112 [ER 510]
Geography
Country: Egypt
Coordinate: 28° 33' N, 33° 56' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 25.0
CMT: 7.9
MAP: 19.1
Dry months: 12
Habitat comments: climate data based on Abdel-Nabi et al. (2004, Serket)
Methods
Life forms: ants
Sites: 1
Site area: 0.05
Sampling methods: quadrat,pitfall traps
Sample size: 1752 individuals
Nets or traps: 20
Net or trap nights: 480
Sampling comments: "20 pitfall traps... distributed systematically at 5-metre intervals within a 500 m2 area… Traps were left open for 48 hours every month" over one year
Metadata
Sample number: 879
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-27 20:19:40
Modified: 2014-04-27 10:19:40
Abundance distribution
10 species
1 singleton
total count 1752
extrapolated richness: 12.0
Fisher's α: 1.402
geometric series k: 0.4685
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6762
Shannon's H: 1.4875
Good's u: 0.9994
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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