Mount Bundey Training Area
Basic information
Sample name: Mount Bundey Training Area
Reference: S. P. Frances, D. G. E. Waterson, N. W. Beebe, and R. D. Cooper. 2004. Field evaluation of repellent formulations containing deet and picaridin against mosquitoes in Northern Territory, Australia. Journal of Medical Entomology 41(3):414-417 [ER 2309]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: Northern Territory
Coordinate: 12° 52' S, 131° 50' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "~145 km east of Darwin"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 27.3
MAP: 1533.0
Habitat comments: "primarily native woodland forest... characterized by a wet tropical climate with a distinct wet (November-April) and dry season (May-October)" (dense but open-canopy savanna based on Street View photos)
climate data are for Litchfield (probably meaning Darwin) and are from Bowman et al. (2011)
climate data are for Litchfield (probably meaning Darwin) and are from Bowman et al. (2011)
Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes
Sampling methods: no design,baited,hand capture
Sample size: 2609 individuals
Years: 2003
Days: 8
Sampling comments: sampling was in "March, 2003... Four volunteer males (mean age, 42 ± 7 yr) participated in the study... repellent formulations were evaluated against nighttime biting mosquitoes on each of eight nights... Participants... collected all mosquitoes biting... using mouth aspirators"
Metadata
Sample number: 2449
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-12-31 09:07:48
Modified: 2016-12-30 23:10:22
Abundance distribution
20 species
3 singletons
total count 2609
extrapolated richness: 29.8
Fisher's α: 2.947
geometric series k: 0.6803
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6167
Shannon's H: 1.3279
Good's u: 0.9989
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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