George Washington National Forest
Basic information
Sample name: George Washington National Forest
Reference: C. Wang, J. Strazanac, and L. Butler. 2000. Abundance, diversity, and activity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in oak-dominated mixed Appalachian forests treated with microbial pesticides. Environmental Entomology 29(3):579-586 [ER 533]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Virginia
County: Augusta
Coordinate: 38° 8' 30" N, 79° 23' 30" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Protection: national/state forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 11.2
MAP: 991.0
Methods
Life forms: ants
Sites: 9
Sampling methods: quadrat, pitfall traps
Sample size: 25775 individuals
Years: 1995 - 1997
Days: 315
Nets or traps: 189
Net or trap nights: 19845
Sampling comments: nine plots each with two 3 x 3 arrays of pitfall traps during the first year and two 2 x 3 arrays in the second and third years (arrays were apparently not maintained, so the traps are counted separately); traps were checked 15 times a year and left out for one week at a time (meaning 105 days a year)
Metadata
Sample no: 907
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-05-04 14:10:22
Modified: 2014-05-04 04:10:22
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
30 species
0 singleton
total count 25775
geometric series index: 31.6
Fisher's α: 3.353
geometric series k: 0.7692
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8892
Shannon's H: 2.5408
Good's u: 1
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