Purnululu National Park (spinifex)
Basic information
Sample name: Purnululu National Park (spinifex)
Reference: L. Barrow, C. L. Parr, and J. L. Kohen. 2006. Biogeography and diversity of ants in Purnululu (Bungle Bungle) National Park and Conservation Reserve, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 54:123-136 [ER 531]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: Western Australia
Coordinate: 17° 19' S, 128° 19' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 27.5
MAP: 650.0
Habitat comments: "eucalypt-dominated open woodland and mixed grassland… Mean annual rainfall is <650 mm, with 90% of this falling between November and March. Average diurnal temperatures range from 20–35°C"; specific habitat is "a hummock grassland of hard spinifex… with scattered woody species"
Methods
Life forms: ants
Sites: 12
Site area: 0.96
Sampling methods: quadrat
Sample size: 35877 individuals
Years: 2004, 2005
Days: 4
Nets or traps: 180
Net or trap nights: 720
Sampling comments: 12 3 x 5 pitfall trap sampling grids with the traps spaced 10 m apart; traps were left open for 48 hours on two occasions
Metadata
Sample no: 905
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-05-04 08:40:45
Modified: 2014-05-03 22:40:45
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
85 species
13 singletons
total count 35877
geometric series index: 118.7
Fisher's α: 10.439
geometric series k: 0.8854
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4053
Shannon's H: 1.1674
Good's u: 0.9996
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