George Washington National Forest
Basic information
Sample name: George Washington National Forest

Reference: C. Wang, J. Strazanac, and L. Butler. 2000. Abundance, diversity, and activity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in oak-dominated mixed Appalachian forests treated with microbial pesticides. Environmental Entomology 29(3):579-586 [ER 533]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Virginia


Coordinate: 38° 7' 30" N, 79° 22' 30" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: national/state forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 11.2

MAP: 991.0

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sites: 9

Sampling methods: quadrat,pitfall traps

Sample size: 25775 individuals

Years: 1995 - 1997

Days: 315

Nets or traps: 189

Net or trap nights: 19845

Sampling comments: nine plots each with two 3 x 3 arrays of pitfall traps during the first year and two 2 x 3 arrays in the second and third years (arrays were apparently not maintained, so the traps are counted separately); traps were checked 15 times a year and left out for one week at a time (meaning 105 days a year)

Metadata
Sample number: 907

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-05-04 14:10:22

Modified: 2014-05-04 04:10:22

Abundance distribution
30 species
0 singletons
total count 25775
geometric series index: 31.6
Fisher's α: 3.353
geometric series k: 0.7585
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8892
Shannon's H: 2.5408
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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