Thiruvannamalai Temple
Basic information
Sample name: Thiruvannamalai Temple

Reference: K. Manikandan and S. P. Sevarkodiyone. 2014. Altitudinal variation in density of mosquito, Thiruvannamalai Temple, a hilly area Srivilliputturtaluk. World Journal of Zoology 9(3):149-154 [ER 2217]
Geography
Country: India

State: Tamil Nadu

Coordinate: 9° 56' N, 78° 34' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "at Venkateshwarapuram village near Srivilliputtur... in Thiruvannamalai(Hill) Temple and nearby residential area... the height of the hill is approximately 234ft from the ground level. This temple is also called as 'Then Thiruppathi'" (coordinate based on Venkateswarapuram)
elevation not stated

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Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: cropland

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 39.0

CMT: 20.0

MAP: 830.0

Habitat comments: the hill is "encircled by agriculture fields and other kinds of mosquitogenic places"; there is an "acute rainy season" (suggesting a monsoonal climate and therefore a dry broadleaf forest habitat)
climate data are for Rajapalayam and are from Rajeswara Rao et al. (2011, Food Chemistry)

Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes

Sites: 4

Sampling methods: no design, baited, hand capture

Sample size: 2640 individuals

Years: 2009, 2010

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "Four sites have been selected... Human-bait sampling method was used"; sampling was from September 2009 to February 2010

Metadata
Sample no: 2257

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-09-04 19:24:06

Modified: 2016-12-18 06:14:14

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
8 species
1 singleton
total count 2640
geometric series index: 10.4
Fisher's α: 1.018
geometric series k: 0.3808
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5063
Shannon's H: 0.9313
Good's u: 0.9996
Register
Aedes aegypti 39
Aedes vittatus 2
Anopheles stephensi 4
Anopheles subpictus 204
Armigeres subalbatus 15
Culex pseudovishnui 651
Culex quinquefasciatus 1724
Mansonia uniformis 1