Popondetta
Basic information
Sample name: Popondetta

Reference: P. M. Room. 1975. Relative distributions of ant species in cocoa plantations in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Applied Ecology 12(1):47-61 [ER 507]
Geography
Country: Papua New Guinea

Coordinate: 9° 46' 56" S, 148° 14' 5" E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Popondetta

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Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: plantation

Substrate: canopy

WMT: 28.0

CMT: 26.1

MAP: 972.0

Habitat comments: climate data based on station 94035 (Port Moresby)

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sampling methods: no design, fogging

Sample size: 612 individuals

Years: 1972

Nets or traps: 200

Net or trap nights: 0

Sampling comments: pyrethrum knockdown sampling

Metadata
Sample no: 875

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-23 14:55:44

Modified: 2014-04-24 01:50:12

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
81 species
34 singletons
total count 612
geometric series index: 187.4
Fisher's α: 25.023
geometric series k: 0.9424
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9279
Shannon's H: 3.3148
Good's u: 0.9445
Register
Cerapachys sp. 5 1
Rhytidoponera araneoides 22
Platythyrea paralella 11
Odontomachus nigriceps 1
Odontomachus simillimus 18
Diacamma rugosum 12
Brachyponera croceicornis 1
Tetraponera sp. 1 2
Crematogaster sp. R114 16
Crematogaster sp. R115 1
Crematogaster sp. R118 1
Crematogaster sp. R136 40
Crematogaster sp. R307 1
Crematogaster sp. R377 1
Crematogaster sp. R533 1
Strumigenys loriae 1
Strumigenys szalayi 2
Strumigenys sp. horvathi group 1
Strumigenys sp. 10 2
Aphaenogaster dromedarius 1
Aphaenogaster perplexus 1
Chelaner ? edentatus 9
Monomorium floricola 38
Monomorium sp. minutum group 14
Tetramorium ? melanogynum 3
Tetramorium simillimum 1
Tetramorium tonganum 5
Tetramorium ? wilsoni 12
Vollenhovia sp. 6 1
Vollenhovia sp. 8 4
Vollenhovia sp. 9 2
Cardiocondyla ? emeryi 12
Rhoptomyrmex melleus 3
Pheidole impressiceps 3
Pheidole megacephala 4
Pheidole sp. 2 1
Leptomyrmex niger 1
Tapinoma melanocephalum 22
Technomyrmex albipes 115
Iridomyrmex cordatus 1
Iridomyrmex nitidus 2
Iridomyrmex sp. 145 1
Anoplolepis longipes 80
Paratrechina bourbonica 5
Paratrechina ? pallida 2
Paratrechina ? stigmatica 25
Paratrechina sp. 1 1
Paratrechina sp. 3 1
Paratrechina sp. R217 5
Paratrechina sp. R223 1
Paratrechina sp. R367 1
Oecophylla smaragdina 29
Camponotus papuana 2
Camponotus sp. R81 8
Camponotus sp. R132 5
Camponotus sp. R141 1
Camponotus sp. R146 2
Camponotus sp. R153 3
Camponotus sp. R156 2
Camponotus sp. R158 4
Camponotus sp. R188 2
Camponotus sp. R212 1
Camponotus sp. R294 1
Camponotus sp. R359 1
Camponotus sp. R363 2
Camponotus sp. R411 1
Camponotus sp. R532 1
Polyrhachis sp. R110 4
Polyrhachis sp. R107 5
Polyrhachis sp. R87 5
Polyrhachis sp. R112 1
Polyrhachis sp. R116 1
Polyrhachis sp. R225 2
Polyrhachis sp. R247 2
Polyrhachis sp. R280 2
Polyrhachis sp. R378 1
Polyrhachis sp. R88 4
Polyrhachis sp. R279 1
Polyrhachis sp. R406 1
Polyrhachis sp. R86 5
Polyrhachis sp. R249 1