Lamto reserve (forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Lamto reserve (forest)
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
Latlng basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 28.6
MAP: 1053.0
Habitat comments: general environment is "forest-savannah transitional zone"; sites are in "The Lamto forest (strictly protected)... All forms of human impact have been excluded from this land use type for more than 40 years"
Methods
Life forms: ants
Sites: 3
Sampling methods: line transect, sieves, Winkler apparatus, pitfall traps, hand capture
Sample size: 506 individuals
Years: 2005
Seasons: wet or monsoon
Nets or traps: 30
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
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 no: 872
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-22 20:36:34
Modified: 2018-06-30 10:20:19
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
75 species
24 singletons
total count 506
geometric series index: 143.5
Fisher's α: 24.339
geometric series k: 0.9535
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9663
Shannon's H: 3.717
Good's u: 0.9527
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