Biyem-Assi-superette
Basic information
Sample name: Biyem-Assi-superette

Reference: P. S. Mbenoun Masse, M. Tindo, M. Kenne, Z. Tadu, R. Mony, and C. Djiéto-Lordon. 2017. Impact of the invasive ant Wasmannia auropunctata (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) on local ant diversity in southern Cameroon. African Journal of Ecology 55(4):423-432 [ER 3252]
Geography
Country: Cameroon


Coordinate: 3° 51' N, 11° 27' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "a quarter of Yaoundé"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: inhabited area

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: an "urban area"

Methods
Life forms: ants

Focal species: Wasmannia auropunctata

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,hand capture

Sample size: 38223 individuals

Years: 2007 - 2010

Days: 216

Sampling comments: "Field study was conducted between August 2007 and July 2010" using "baiting" and "visual catch in quadrat or quadrat sampling" but not pitfall trapping
"we set eight parallel transect lines of 150 m long" with sampling points "spaced 5 m apart" and six "sampling events were conducted each month"
this apparently means there were 36 months x 6 days = 216 sampling days
the quadrats on four of the transects were "1 m square" and the bait stations on four of the transects contained "a mixture of honey 30%, tuna 50% and soya oil 20%... placed on the ground on a square plastic (20 cm x 20 cm)"

Metadata
Sample number: 3589

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2020-01-11 13:48:54

Modified: 2021-03-21 06:56:04

Abundance distribution
28 species
0 singletons
total count 38223
geometric series index: 29.5
Fisher's α: 2.958
geometric series k: 0.7096
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6552
Shannon's H: 1.5668
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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