Main Camp
Basic information
Sample name: Main Camp
Sample aka: Wankie National Park
Reference: J. S. Weir. 1974. Odonata collected in and near seasonal pools in Wankie National Park, Rhodesia, with notes on the physico-chemical environments in which nymphs were found. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 37(1):135-145 [ER 2958]
Geography
Country: Zimbabwe
Coordinate: 18° 44' S, 26° 57' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "near Main Camp, Wankie National Park"
coordinate based on Hwange National Park
elevation 900 to 1100 m
coordinate based on Hwange National Park
elevation 900 to 1100 m
Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "a Kalahari sand area"
there is "a well defined wet season between December and March... 600-660 mm"
there is "a well defined wet season between December and March... 600-660 mm"
Methods
Life forms: odonates
Sampling methods: no design,other nets
Sample size: 233 individuals
Years: 1961
Seasons: wet or monsoon
Sampling comments: "imaginal dragonflies collected... during November and December, 1961... on vegetation at the edge of pans... in flight" (presumably using nets)
Metadata
Sample number: 3158
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-01-02 16:30:15
Modified: 2019-01-02 05:30:15
Abundance distribution
14 species
3 singletons
total count 233
extrapolated richness: 22.1
Fisher's α: 3.271
geometric series k: 0.6809
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5759
Shannon's H: 1.4489
Good's u: 0.9872
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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