Lawrence County (MG Oak)
Basic information
Sample name: Lawrence County (MG Oak)
Reference: D. J. Bergmann, D. Brandenburg, S. Petit, and M. Gabel. 2012. Habitat preferences of ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) species in the northern Black Hills of South Dakota. Environmental Entomology 41(5):1069-1076 [ER 1043]
Geography
Country: United States
State: South Dakota
Coordinate: 44.36° N, -103.79° W
Coordinate basis: based on political unit
Geography comments: coordinate based on Lawrence County
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: dominated by Quercus with Pinus and Fraxinus also present
Methods
Life forms: ground beetles
Sampling methods: line transect,pitfall traps
Sample size: 583 individuals
Years: 2008
Days: 42
Nets or traps: 10
Net or trap nights: 420
Sampling comments: "two lines of pitfall traps were set perpendicular to the line of the slope for ease of sampling. The two lines were 20 m apart, and each line contained Þve pitfall traps, each 20 m apart... traps were left open for 2-wk periods in early June, early July, and early August"
Metadata
Sample number: 1548
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-05-16 15:19:28
Modified: 2015-05-16 05:19:28
Abundance distribution
11 species
2 singletons
total count 583
geometric series index: 15.9
Fisher's α: 1.924
geometric series k: 0.5508
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5077
Shannon's H: 1.0695
Good's u: 0.9966
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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