District Upper Dir (water)
Basic information
Sample name: District Upper Dir (water)
Reference: M. ud Din and I. Ali Khan. 2015. Species composition, relative abundance and habitats of mosquito fauna of District Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 3(5):447-450 [ER 2212]
Geography
Country: Pakistan
State: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Coordinate: 35° 7' 51" N, 72° 2' 59" E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "District Upper Dir" and specifically "Barawal, Sheringal, Wari and Dir City"
Environment
Habitat: temperate coniferous forest
Altered habitat: inhabited area
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 15.3
WMT: 25.4
CMT: 4.4
MAP: 700.0
Habitat comments: "The climate of Upper Dir is cold and damp. Its mountains are usually covered with snow and receives snow fall in the months of December, January and February... temperature varies from -6 ºC to 38 ºC" (presumably meaning daily extremes, not monthly means)
habitat is a guess, could be broadleaf/mixed
MAP stated in text
MAT, CMT, and WMT are for Dir and are from Awan (2002, The Climate and Flood Risk Poential of Northern Areas of Pakistan)
habitat is a guess, could be broadleaf/mixed
MAP stated in text
MAT, CMT, and WMT are for Dir and are from Awan (2002, The Climate and Flood Risk Poential of Northern Areas of Pakistan)
Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes
Sites: 4
Sampling methods: other nets, light traps, hand capture
Sample size: 278 individuals
Years: 2014
Seasons: spring, summer, autumn
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "The research study was conducted from April to November 2014... The mosquitoes were collected by means of hand net, aspirator and light trap... Outdoor collection was made from plants, water habitats and water-containing automobile tires"
Metadata
Sample no: 2250
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-09-04 09:58:29
Modified: 2020-01-14 07:33:13
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
6 species
0 singleton
total count 278
geometric series index: 6.2
Fisher's α: 1.08
geometric series k: 0.7649
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.778
Shannon's H: 1.6095
Good's u: 1
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