Mogalakwena River
Basic information
Sample name: Mogalakwena River
Reference: P. Van Huyssteen and M. J. Samways. 2009. Overwintering dragonflies in an African savanna (Anisoptera: Gomphidae, Libellulidae). Odonatologica 38(2):167-172 [ER 2963]
Geography
Country: South Africa
State: Limpopo
Coordinate: 22° 43' S, 28° 46' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "A 3.54 km stretch of the Mogalakwena river in the northern Soutpansberg region"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Protection: unknown
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "both large bodies of water and smaller pools, scattered with rocks and sand banks, in natural savanna"
Methods
Life forms: odonates
Sites: 6
Sampling methods: no design,other nets,visual
Sample size: 142 individuals
Years: 2008
Days: 19
Sampling comments: "Six study sites of 50 x 25 m... Sampling was between 19 June and 7 July 2008... Dragonfly species were observed... Voucher specimens were retained" and presumably captured with nets
Metadata
Sample number: 3166
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-01-02 19:24:06
Modified: 2019-01-02 08:24:06
Abundance distribution
8 species
0 singletons
total count 142
extrapolated richness: 9.5
Fisher's α: 1.834
geometric series k: 0.6644
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8311
Shannon's H: 1.8609
Good's u: 1.0000
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Current reference:
Shotwell 1968 (ER 3992)