Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary (year 1, dry season)
Basic information
Sample name: Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary (year 1, dry season)

Reference: S. Watanasit, C. Phaphunnn, and S. Permkam. 2000. Diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary, Songkhla, Thailand. ScienceAsia 26:187-194 [ER 521]
Geography
Country: Thailand

State: Songkhla


Coordinate: 15° 58' N, 99° 20' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: coordinate is midpoint of ranges stated in text
altitude given by Boonvanno et al. 2000

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: wildlife protected area

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 27.0

MAP: 1334.0

Habitat comments: MAP "over 2,000 mm" but this figure seems high relative to other reports I have seen for northern Thailand; climate data based on Pongthornpruek et al. (2008 KKU Res J) and apply to Phu Soi Dao National Park, which is in a neighboring province

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sites: 3

Site area: 0.03

Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 490 individuals

Seasons: dry

Nets or traps: 75

Net or trap nights: 375

Sampling comments: 25 baited pitfall traps in each of three 10 x 10 m quadrats placed randomly within a 100 x 100 m plot and left out for five days

Metadata
Sample number: 891

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-05-01 21:50:24

Modified: 2020-05-29 10:11:15

Abundance distribution
32 species
10 singletons
total count 490
geometric series index: 62.2
Fisher's α: 7.669
geometric series k: 0.8556
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8407
Shannon's H: 2.2440
Good's u: 0.9796
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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