Tiko
Basic information
Sample name: Tiko

Reference: J. D. Bigoga, L. Manga, V. P. K. Titanji, M. Coetzee, and R. G. F. Leke. 2007. Malaria vectors and transmission dynamics in coastal south-western Cameroon. Malaria Journal 6(5):1-12 [ER 2278]
Geography
Country: Cameroon


Coordinate: 4° 4' N, 9° 17' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "20 km from Limbe"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: inhabited area

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.0

MAP: 3100.0

Habitat comments: "a rural setting... within the tropical rain forest region... Crops grown in the plantations include rubber (Fiscus elastica) and banana (Musa spp.) in Tiko, and oil palm (Elaies Spp.) in Tiko... mean annual temperature of 26°C, mean annual rainfall of 2,000–10,000 mm"
MAP is for the area of Limbe and is from Che et al. (2011, Nat Hazards)

Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes

Sampling methods: no design,hand capture

Sample size: 2135 individuals

Years: 2001, 2002

Sampling comments: "A longitudinal study was carried out for 12 months from August 2001 to July 2002... For two consecutive nights (6:00 pm–6:00 am) every month, at each site (total 72 nights), mosquitoes were captured indoors on six human volunteer collectors using the human landing catch method"

Metadata
Sample number: 2379

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-12-23 20:47:00

Modified: 2020-01-14 07:41:32

Abundance distribution
6 species
0 singletons
total count 2135
extrapolated richness: 6.0
Fisher's α: 0.755
geometric series k: 0.5779
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6819
Shannon's H: 1.4237
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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