Main Camp
Basic information
Sample name: Main Camp

Sample aka: Wankie National Park

Reference: J. S. Weir. 1974. Odonata collected in and near seasonal pools in Wankie National Park, Rhodesia, with notes on the physico-chemical environments in which nymphs were found. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 37(1):135-145 [ER 2958]
Geography
Country: Zimbabwe

Coordinate: -18° 44' S, 26° 57' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "near Main Camp, Wankie National Park"
coordinate based on Hwange National Park
elevation 900 to 1100 m

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Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "a Kalahari sand area"
there is "a well defined wet season between December and March... 600-660 mm"

Methods
Life forms: odonates

Sampling methods: no design, other nets

Sample size: 233 individuals

Years: 1961

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "imaginal dragonflies collected... during November and December, 1961... on vegetation at the edge of pans... in flight" (presumably using nets)

Metadata
Sample no: 3158

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-01-02 16:30:15

Modified: 2019-01-02 05:30:15

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
14 species
3 singletons
total count 233
geometric series index: 22.1
Fisher's α: 3.271
geometric series k: 0.6809
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5759
Shannon's H: 1.4489
Good's u: 0.9872
Register
Lestes pallidus ochraceus148
Lestes plagiatus 2
Lestes prope simulans4
Lestes amicus 1
Ceriagrion suave 19
Ischnura senegalensis 4
Hemianax ephippiger 11
Orthetrum brachiale 5
Palpopleura deceptor 1
Brachythemis leucosticta 18
Philonomon luminans 10
Pantala flavescens 7
Diplacodes lefebvrii 1
"Diplacodes lefebvrei"
Tramea basilaris 2