Lamto reserve (pineapple plantations)
Basic information
Sample name: Lamto reserve (pineapple plantations)
Reference: M. Kone, S. Konate, K. Yeo, P. K. Kouassi, and K. E. Linsenmair. 2010. Diversity and abundance of terrestrial ants along a gradient of land use intensification in a transitional forest-savannah zone of Côte d'Ivoire. Journal of Applied Biosciences 29:1809-1827 [ER 504]
Geography
Country: Ivory Coast
Coordinate: 6° 13' N, 5° 2' W
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
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Climate and habitat
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: cropland
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: hunting, selective logging
MAT: 28.6
MAP: 1053.0
Habitat comments: general environment is "forest-savannah transitional zone... Before cropping, the area was mechanically cleared by felling trees using chain saws. The remaining vegetation and dead woods were then completely bulldozed; so that there was no tree"
Methods
Life forms: ants
Sites: 3
Sampling methods: line transect, sieves, Winkler apparatus, pitfall traps, hand capture
Sample size: 100
Years: 2005
Seasons: wet or monsoon
Nets or traps: 30
Sampling comments: 3 sites each with a 200 m transect including 15 soil samples spaced 12 m apart, with a combination of pitfall traps, extraction using a mini-Winkler apparatus, hand sampling of sieved soil samples, and general hand sampling
"The study was carried out... during the long rainy season (April to October 2005)"
"The study was carried out... during the long rainy season (April to October 2005)"
Metadata
Sample: 2348
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-10-27 11:53:31
Modified: 2016-10-27 11:53:31
Abundance distribution
19 species
7 singletons
total count 100
Fisher's α: 6.951
geometric series k: 0.8517
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8877
Shannon's H: 2.4670
Good's u: 0.9302
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