Deans Heath site 6
Basic information
Sample name: Deans Heath site 6
Reference: R. E. Clay and K. E. Schneider. 2000. The ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna of coastal heath in south-west Victoria: effects of dominance by Acacia sophorae and management actions to control it. Pacific Conservation Biology 6(2):144-151 [ER 479]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: Victoria
Coordinate: 38° 20' S, 142° 36' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: near the City of Portland (basis of coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: recent fire
WMT: 18.0
CMT: 10.0
MAP: 850.0
Habitat comments: an "intact heath site" that was "used for an experimental burn in 1993"
a "temperate maritime" climate with CMT min/max 6.5/13.5, WMT min/max 14/22
a "temperate maritime" climate with CMT min/max 6.5/13.5, WMT min/max 14/22
Methods
Life forms: ants
Sampling methods: no design, pitfall traps
Sample size: 460 individuals
Years: 1995 - 1997
Days: 42
Nets or traps: 20
Net or trap nights: 840
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: 20 permanent pitfall traps spaced 5 m apart trapped during six seven-day periods
Metadata
Sample no: 841
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-19 10:12:16
Modified: 2015-10-03 22:55:32
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
24 species
5 singletons
total count 460
geometric series index: 37.5
Fisher's α: 5.381
geometric series k: 0.8231
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8818
Shannon's H: 2.4112
Good's u: 0.9892
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