Sample name: Danum Valley Conservation Area (canopy)

Reference: H. L. Brant, R. M. Ewers, I. Vythilingam, C. Drakeley, S. Benedick, and J. D. Mumford. 2016. Vertical stratification of adult mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) within a tropical rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Malaria Journal 15(370):1-9 [ER 2320]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Substrate: canopy

WMT: 27.2

CMT: 26.1

MAP: 1958.0

Habitat comments: "primary lowland dipterocarp rainforest"
climate based on station 96481 (Tawau)

Life forms: mosquitoes

Sites: 3

Sampling methods: no design, hand capture

Sample size: 22 individuals

Years: 2014

Days: 4

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "Three survey points, with a minimum separation distance of 500 m, were selected... One tree was selected at each point... All data collection was carried out from April to July 2014, and mosquitoes were collected using human landing catches at ground and canopy height between 18:00 and 22:00 h. Four consecutive nights of collections were carried out... The collectors, with the aid of a red torch-light, aspirated mosquitoes off their own legs"

Sample no: 2468

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-01-02 08:58:22

Modified: 2017-01-01 21:58:22