Nuuksio National Park (small traps, prop-glyc)
Basic information
Sample name: Nuuksio National Park (small traps, prop-glyc)
Reference: M. Koivula, D. J. Kotze, L. Hiisivuori, and H. Rita. 2003. Pitfall trap efficiency: do trap size, collecting fluid and vegetation structure matter?. Entomologica Fennica 14:1-14 [ER 1183]
Geography
Country: Finland
Coordinate: 60° 16' N, 24° 40' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "near Nuuksio National Park"
Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "a moist meadow with scattered willows"
Methods
Life forms: ground beetles
Sampling methods: line transect,pitfall traps
Sample size: 284 individuals
Days: 65
Nets or traps: 10
Net or trap nights: 650
Sampling comments: "Trapping started on 7 June 1999 with traps visited twice (7 July, 10 August 1999)... Pitfall traps were placed in five line transects (10 m apart), each line containing eight traps (8 m apart)" and 10 of the traps were small and filled with "a propylene-glycol:water (1:1) mixture"
Metadata
Sample number: 1715
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-07-19 21:18:40
Modified: 2015-07-19 11:18:40
Abundance distribution
20 species
9 singletons
total count 284
extrapolated richness: 45.6
Fisher's α: 4.908
geometric series k: 0.7707
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6578
Shannon's H: 1.5393
Good's u: 0.9683
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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