Bath Nature Preserve
Basic information
Sample name: Bath Nature Preserve
Sample aka: Bath Township
Reference: L. B. Patrick, M. W. Kershner, and L. H. Fraser. 2012. Epigeal spider responses to fertilization and plant litter: testing biodiversity theory at the ground level. Journal of Arachnology 40(3):309-324 [ER 132]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Ohio
County: Summit
Coordinate: 41° 11' 36" N, 82° 39' 59" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna
Altered habitat: pasture
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "Until the early 1980s, the study site was a hay meadow, harvested one or many times per year. Since then, the area has been mown annually in late August to early September, and the mown vegetation has been left on the field"
Methods
Life forms: spiders
Site area: 16.0
Sampling methods: pitfall traps
Sample size: 13174 individuals
Years: 2011
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: twenty-four 20-m diameter circular plots (314 m2) were established (p. 310)
Metadata
Sample no: 305
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles
Created: 2013-04-11 10:12:28
Modified: 2015-02-23 03:05:34
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
105 species
29 singletons
total count 13174
geometric series index: 165.2
Fisher's α: 15.575
geometric series k: 0.9253
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8834
Shannon's H: 2.7937
Good's u: 0.9978
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