Palo Verde Biological Station
Basic information
Sample name: Palo Verde Biological Station
Reference: N. Burkett-Cadena, S. P. Graham, and L. A. Giovanetto. 2013. Resting environments of some Costa Rican mosquitoes. Journal of Vector Ecology 38(1):12-19 [ER 2240]
Geography
Country: Costa Rica
Coordinate: 10° 24' N, 85° 19' W
Basis of coordinate: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "Palo Verde Biological Station, Guanacaste... within Palo Verde National Park" (coordinate based on Palo Verde National Park)
Climate and habitat
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 30.0
MAP: 1307.0
Habitat comments: "deciduous tropical dry forest bordered by a large freshwater marsh and associated wetlands. All collecting sites were located within a dry forest/open rural mosaic and were within 1 km of the freshwater marsh"
climate data are for the Palo Verde Biological Station and are from Bernal and Mitsch (2008, Ecological Engineering)
climate data are for the Palo Verde Biological Station and are from Bernal and Mitsch (2008, Ecological Engineering)
Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes
Sampling methods: no design, sweep nets, hand capture
Sample size: 431
Years: 2010
Seasons: wet or monsoon
Sampling comments: counts are of females; "mosquitoes were collected using a hand-held, battery-powered aspirator or sweep net... Collections were made on eleven mornings (07:00 – 09:00, every four days) during the month of August, 2010"
Metadata
Sample: 2288
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-10-18 19:50:58
Modified: 2018-06-30 21:04:00
Abundance distribution
9 species
2 singletons
total count 431
Fisher's α: 1.609
geometric series k: 0.5278
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6853
Shannon's H: 1.3051
Good's u: 0.9954
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