Devagiri
Basic information
Sample name: Devagiri
Reference: S. K. Thomas and P. Aswathi. 2012. Potential of rubber litter dwelling ants as biocontrol agent of home invading nuisance pest, Luprops tristis. Journal of Biopesticides 5(supplement):188-191 [ER 1159]
Geography
Country: India
State: Kerala
Coordinate: 11° 15' N, 76° 46' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "near by the Devagiri College campus, Calicut" (apparently meaning St. Joseph's College, Devagiri: coordinate based on Kozhikode)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: plantation
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 28.0
MAP: 1125.0
Habitat comments: in "rubber plantations"
"Annual temperature 24–32 0C... average rainfall 750–1500 mm/year" according to Venugopal et al. (2012)
"Annual temperature 24–32 0C... average rainfall 750–1500 mm/year" according to Venugopal et al. (2012)
Methods
Life forms: ants
Sites: 1
Sampling methods: no design, pitfall traps
Sample size: 394 individuals
Years: 2011
Days: 10
Nets or traps: 10
Net or trap nights: 100
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: sampling was "from May to July, 2011" with "A set of 10 pit fall traps... kept 20 meters apart from each other... Sampling was done for 12 hrs... Each experiment was replicated 10 times"
Metadata
Sample no: 1685
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-07-05 16:22:01
Modified: 2015-10-04 03:59:25
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
6 species
0 singleton
total count 394
geometric series index: 6.7
Fisher's α: 1.004
geometric series k: 0.6936
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7241
Shannon's H: 1.4433
Good's u: 1
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