New South Wales roadsides (yellow pan traps)
Basic information
Sample name: New South Wales roadsides (yellow pan traps)
Reference: J. R. Gollan, M. B. Ashcroft, and M. Batley. 2011. Comparison of yellow and white pan traps in surveys of bee fauna in New South Wales, Australia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Australian Journal of Entomology 50:174-178 [ER 1019]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: New South Wales
Coordinate: -33° 52' S, 151° 13' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: sites followed roads, were "spaced at distances of approximately 10 km", and were widely distributed in the area of Sydney (basis of coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: disturbed forest
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "open fields, riverside habitats, forests and roadside verges" that were "within 40 m of roads"
Methods
Life forms: bees
Sites: 255
Sampling methods: no design, pan traps
Sample size: 957 individuals
Years: 2008, 2009
Days: 738
Nets or traps: 2
Net or trap nights: 1476
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Two yellow and two white pan traps" were placed "approximately 5 m apart at each site" and "collected after approximately 48 h"
Metadata
Sample no: 1511
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-04-26 10:58:23
Modified: 2015-04-26 01:04:30
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
50 species
17 singletons
total count 957
geometric series index: 93.4
Fisher's α: 11.215
geometric series k: 0.8904
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8401
Shannon's H: 2.4968
Good's u: 0.9822
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