Tombigbee National Forest (Site 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Tombigbee National Forest (Site 1)

Reference: J. A. MacGown and R. L. Brown. 2006. Survey of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Tombigbee National Forest in Mississippi. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 79(4):325-340 [ER 528]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Mississippi


Coordinate: 33° 59' 32" N, 88° 55' 3" W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "on the south side of Highway 25" (coordinate based on Tombigbee National Forest)
elevation 91 to 183 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: national/state forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 27.6

CMT: 6.2

MAP: 1426.0

Habitat comments: "a mixture of deciduous trees and pines" and specifically "old-growth forest" at this site
climate data based on station 72332 (Tupelo Regional Airport), which is at a comparable altitude

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sample size: 2317 individuals

Years: 1999, 2000

Days: 381

Nets or traps: 5

Net or trap nights: 1905

Sampling comments: five pitfall traps checked weekly over 54 weeks and left out for a total of 381 days

Metadata
Sample number: 899

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-05-03 16:54:50

Modified: 2014-05-03 07:27:32

Abundance distribution
24 species
2 singletons
total count 2317
geometric series index: 29.6
Fisher's α: 3.731
geometric series k: 0.7471
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8260
Shannon's H: 2.1961
Good's u: 0.9991
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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