Sample name: Mata Seca State Park (end rainy season, late stage)

Reference: F. C. Ferreira Jr, R. A. Rodrigues, Y. Sato, M. A. Z. Borges, and E. M. Braga. 2016. Searching for putative avian malaria vectors in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest in Brazil. Parasites & Vectors 9(587):1-12 [ER 2312]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 23.4

MAP: 871.0

Habitat comments: "tropical with dry summers... 'As' category in Köppen’s classification... The dry season starts in May with an average rainfall of 6 mm and the four following months typically receive less than 10 mm of rain. The rainy season starts in October and peaks between December and January, with monthly precipitation around 200 mm... the 'late stage' had two tree strata, with tall deciduous trees forming a closed canopy at 18–20 m from ground level. The lower strata consisted of a sparse understory with a low density of young trees and lianas. This area has no record of human intervention for over 50 years"
MAT stated in text
MAP is for the region of Mata Seca State Park and is based on Silva et al. (2012, Arthropod-Plant Interaction)

Life forms: mosquitoes

Sampling methods: no design,other traps,hand capture

Sample size: 242 individuals

Years: 2013

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Sampling comments: "Sampling was carried out at the end of the rainy season of 2013 (April)... we established three plots within each successional stage, with the same sampling effort for all plots and periods. Distances between plots within the same stage varied from 0.5 to 1.5 km... Mosquitoes were collected using Shannon traps and by active collection. LED lamps were set up inside the Shannon traps, and all attracted insects were captured using automatic aspirators... we used automatic aspirators to collect mosquitoes that were attracted by researchers"

Sample number: 2454

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-12-31 12:23:07

Modified: 2016-12-31 01:23:07