Tussen-die-Riviere Game Farm (Acacia karoo)
Basic information
Sample name: Tussen-die-Riviere Game Farm (Acacia karoo)
Reference: C. K. Willis, J. D. Skinner, and H. G. Robertson. 1992. Abundance of ants and termites in the False Karoo and their importance in the diet of the aardvark Orycteropus afer. African Journal of Ecology 30:322-334 [ER 472]
Geography
Country: South Africa
State: Orange Free
Coordinate: 30° 30' S, 26° 15' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 23.1
CMT: 6.5
MAP: 593.0
Habitat comments: "riverine bush"
climate based on station 68442 (Blomefontein airport)
climate based on station 68442 (Blomefontein airport)
Methods
Life forms: ants,other insects
Sites: 1
Sampling methods: quadrat,pitfall traps
Sample size: 333 individuals
Days: 20
Nets or traps: 9
Net or trap nights: 180
Sampling comments: nine traps placed in a grid pattern one meter apart from each other sampled for 10 days each in March and July
Metadata
Sample number: 834
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-18 19:29:52
Modified: 2014-04-24 06:16:37
Abundance distribution
14 species
2 singletons
total count 333
extrapolated richness: 20.6
Fisher's α: 2.958
geometric series k: 0.6774
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7157
Shannon's H: 1.6636
Good's u: 0.9940
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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