Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela (430 m)
Basic information
Sample name: Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela (430 m)

Reference: B. L. Fisher. 1999. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela, Madagascar. Fieldiana: Zoology 94:129-147 [ER 497]
Geography
Country: Madagascar


Coordinate: 24° 34' S, 46° 49' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "10 km NW of Enakara"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 23.0

MAP: 1679.0

Habitat comments: "humid forest"
climate based on station 67197 (Fort Dauphin/Tolagna) as recovered from http://data.un.org

Methods
Life forms: ants

Site length: 250

Sampling methods: line transect,Winkler apparatus,pitfall traps

Sample size: 4884 individuals

Years: 1992

Nets or traps: 100

Sampling comments: "50 pitfall traps and 50 leaf litter samples (mini-Winkler)" placed "every 5 m along the transect"

Metadata
Sample number: 863

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-21 21:58:14

Modified: 2014-04-24 01:43:56

Abundance distribution
49 species
8 singletons
total count 4884
geometric series index: 67.6
Fisher's α: 7.573
geometric series k: 0.8528
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7651
Shannon's H: 2.1540
Good's u: 0.9984
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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