Reserva Bosque Integral Otonga (T-LL1, pitfall traps)
Basic information
Sample name: Reserva Bosque Integral Otonga (T-LL1, pitfall traps)
Reference: D. A. Donoso and G. Ramón. 2009. Composition of a high diversity leaf litter ant community (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from an Ecuadorian pre-montane rainforest. International Journal of Entomology 45(4):487-499 [ER 494]
Geography
Country: Ecuador
State: Pichincha
Coordinate: -0° 19' 49" S, -78° 57' 15" W
Geography comments: "in the lowest-most area" of the reserve
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Substrate: leaf litter
Disturbance: selective logging
WMT: 24.0
CMT: 18.0
MAP: 1500.0
Habitat comments: "secondary wet pre-montane forest… that was modified until 1990 by selective timber harvesting"
precip 1000 to 2000 mm
precip 1000 to 2000 mm
Methods
Life forms: ants
Site length: 200.0
Sampling methods: line transect, pitfall traps
Sample size: 609 individuals
Years: 2003
Days: 2
Nets or traps: 20
Net or trap nights: 40
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "20 sampling points separated by 10-m for a total extent of 200-m" with one pitfall trap per sampling point left out for 48 hours
Metadata
Sample no: 859
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-20 20:11:29
Modified: 2015-10-04 01:25:30
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
39 species
11 singletons
total count 609
geometric series index: 72.0
Fisher's α: 9.29
geometric series k: 0.8704
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8279
Shannon's H: 2.3486
Good's u: 0.982
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