Ossweil (penncress-corn crop rotation)
Basic information
Sample name: Ossweil (penncress-corn crop rotation)
Reference: J. H. Groeneveld and A.-M. Klein. 2015. Pennycress-corn double-cropping increases ground beetle diversity. Biomass and Bioenergy 77:16-25 [ER 1188]
Geography
Country: Germany
State: Baden- Württemberg
Coordinate: 49° 53' 55" N, 9° 14' 28" E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Altered habitat: cropland
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 9.6
MAP: 708.0
Methods
Life forms: ground beetles
Sites: 3
Sampling methods: line transect, pitfall traps
Sample size: 4443 individuals
Years: 2012
Days: 113
Nets or traps: 15
Net or trap nights: 1695
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "five pitfall traps" in each of three plots "arranged in a transect... Distance between traps and to the side edge of the plot was 6 m and 3 m, respectively. Every first trap of a transect was placed 6 m from the edge... Sampling was conducted from March 13th 2012 to July 10th 2012... Due to harvest and sowing of corn in the pennycress plots sampling was paused for a week from June 6th to June 12th 2012"
Metadata
Sample no: 1722
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-07-25 19:50:23
Modified: 2015-07-25 09:50:23
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
47 species
9 singletons
total count 4443
geometric series index: 66.5
Fisher's α: 7.334
geometric series k: 0.8632
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.899
Shannon's H: 2.6202
Good's u: 0.998
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