Sample name: Njoro (banana plantation)

Sample aka: Taveta

Reference: W. H. R. Lumsden. 1955. Entomological Studies, relating to yellow fever epidemiology, at Gede and Taveta, Kenya. Bulletin of Entomological Research 46(1):149-183 [ER 2313]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: plantation

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 26.8

CMT: 20.4

MAP: 575.0

Habitat comments: "The forest reaches its best development at Njoro where many of the trees exceed 50 m. in stature... The indigenous people, the Wataveta, occupy a reserved area... Most of the population lives in grass huts either within the forest or in very close association with it. The most important crop is bananas, which, along with colocasias, are grown in forest clearings, particularly in the vicinity of Njoro. There is a small amount of cultivation in the reserve outside the forested area" (so the forested area in the reserve is pristine) and sampling was within "banana plantation"
climate data are for Taveta

Life forms: mosquitoes

Sites: 1

Sampling methods: no design,baited,hand capture

Sample size: 276 individuals

Years: 1951

Days: 1

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Sampling comments: Taveta was visited "during the main wet" season during "March to April 1951" and the "Duration of catch" at this site was 1.08 days with "3 boys at ground level"; "The boys caught all insects, that alighted on each other's skins, in small test tubes"

Sample number: 2456

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-12-31 13:12:22

Modified: 2016-12-31 02:12:22