Mbuinjeru
Basic information
Sample name: Mbuinjeru

Reference: E. J. Muturi, J. Shililu, B. Jacob, W. Gu, J. Githure, and R. Novak. 2006. Mosquito species diversity and abundance in relation to land use in a riceland agroecosystem in Mwea, Kenya. Journal of Vector Ecology 31(1):129-137 [ER 2209]
Geography
Country: Kenya


Coordinate: 0° 23' S, 37° 31' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "in Mwea division in Kirinyaga District, 100 km northeast of Nairobi" (coordinate based on Mbuinjeru)

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: inhabited area

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 21.3

WMT: 26.5

CMT: 16.0

MAP: 950.0

Habitat comments: "Over 50% of the scheme area is used for irrigated rice cultivation while the remaining area is used for subsistence farming, grazing, and community activities"

Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes

Sites: 30

Sampling methods: no design,fogging

Sample size: 36397 individuals

Years: 2004, 2005

Days: 26

Sampling comments: "Adult mosquitoes were sampled fortnightly in 30 randomly selected houses... between April 2004 and March 2005. The same houses were sampled throughout the study period but on some occasions circumstances required that a nearby house be substituted. The houses were sampled... pyrethrum spray collection (PSC) method... White sheets were spread on the floor of the whole house and the house sprayed with 0.3% pyrethrum in water"

Metadata
Sample number: 2247

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-08-31 20:54:38

Modified: 2020-01-14 07:32:23

Abundance distribution
17 species
1 singleton
total count 36397
extrapolated richness: 19.9
Fisher's α: 1.705
geometric series k: 0.5370
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5919
Shannon's H: 1.1487
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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