La Mallada Larga (2005)
Basic information
Sample name: La Mallada Larga (2005)

Reference: C. Polidori, P. Mendiola, J. D. Asís, J. Tormos, M. D. García, and J. Selfa. 2009. Predatory habits of the grasshopper-hunting wasp Stizus continuus Hymenoptera: Crabronidae): diet preference, predator-prey size relationships and foraging capacity. Journal of Natural History 43(47-48):2985-3000 [ER 2182]
Geography
Country: Spain


Coordinate: 39° 20' N, 0° 40' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "at 'La Mallada Larga' of 'Dehesa del Saler'... inside the Albufera Natural Park... we sampled grasshoppers in an area of about 0.25 km2"

Environment
Habitat: Mediterranean woodland

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "a coastal salt marsh with damp sandy soil, affected by periods of inundation, but also by periods of drought and desiccation during summer" but "most of the sampled area (see later) was covered by Med- iterranean pine wood (70%) and bare soil trails and areas.... 25%"

Methods
Life forms: orthopterans

Sampling methods: no design,sweep nets,hand capture

Sample size: 74 individuals

Years: 2005

Sampling comments: "We sampled the grasshoppers in the environment by netting bushes and grasses with an insect net of 30 cm in diameter with a 50-cm handle, or directly intercepting them on the soil or on plants... The study area was visited every one to three days" but the full sampling interval is not stated

Metadata
Sample number: 2209

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-08-06 21:01:12

Modified: 2016-08-06 11:01:12

Abundance distribution
4 species
1 singleton
total count 74
geometric series index: 6.6
Fisher's α: 0.906
geometric series k: 0.2924
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5250
Shannon's H: 0.8528
Good's u: 0.9868
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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