Inner Mongolian Grasland Ecosystem Research Station (Anerolepidium chinese steppe, ungrazed)
Basic information
Sample name: Inner Mongolian Grasland Ecosystem Research Station (Anerolepidium chinese steppe, ungrazed)
Reference: L. Kang and M. Zhang. 1996. Grasshopper species-area relationship on ungrazed and overgrazed grasslands. Chinese Biodiversity 4:15-22 [ER 2155]
Geography
Country: China
State: Nei Mongol
Coordinate: 44° 47' 0" N, 117° 35' 30" E
Latlng basis: stated in text as range
Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "Anerolepidium chinense steppe... protected or restored by fence from grazing for over ten years"
Methods
Life forms: orthopterans
Sites: 1
Site area: 0.005
Sampling methods: no design, cage traps
Sample size: 221 individuals
Years: 1994
Seasons: summer, autumn
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Each grasshopper sampling required 3 days, and was performed in August and September of 1994. Grasshoppers were sampled by one 1 m2 cubical cage at each site for fifty samples (50 m2 in area in total). FIve times of samplings were randomly conducted in each site, in different times during the day"
Metadata
Sample no: 2152
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-07-28 10:52:28
Modified: 2016-07-28 00:52:28
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
11 species
2 singletons
total count 221
geometric series index: 16.9
Fisher's α: 2.434
geometric series k: 0.6012
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4484
Shannon's H: 1.1105
Good's u: 0.991
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