Durokoppin Reserve (heath)
Basic information
Sample name: Durokoppin Reserve (heath)

Reference: L. A. Lobry de Bruyn. 1993. Ant composition and activity in naturally-vegetated and farmland environments on contrasting soils at Kellerberrin, Western Australia. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 25(8):1043-1056 [ER 473]
Geography
Country: Australia

State: Western Australia


Coordinate: 31° 24' S, 117° 45' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 22.0

CMT: 9.0

MAP: 332.0

Habitat comments: a "mediterranean" climate with CMT min/max 4/14 and WMT min/max 15/29 and "a mosaic of vegetation types including mixed heath, mallee and open woodland"

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sites: 5

Site area: 0.6

Sampling methods: quadrat,pitfall traps

Sample size: 36142 individuals

Years: 1987

Days: 15

Nets or traps: 100

Net or trap nights: 300

Sampling comments: each of the five sites includes a single 0.2 ha quadrat divided into twenty 10 x 10 subquadrats each including one pitfall trap sampled on one day during three different seasons

Metadata
Sample number: 835

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-18 19:40:41

Modified: 2015-02-19 02:39:39

Abundance distribution
64 species
8 singletons
total count 36142
geometric series index: 85.9
Fisher's α: 7.553
geometric series k: 0.8482
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.2109
Shannon's H: 0.6378
Good's u: 0.9998
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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