Mount Medvednica plot 1
Basic information
Sample name: Mount Medvednica plot 1

Reference: L. Seric Jelaska, A. Jesovnik, S. D. Jelaska, A. Pirnat, M. Kucinic, and P. Durbesic. 2010. Variations of carabid beetle and ant assemblages, and their morpho-ecological traits within natural temperate forests in Medvednica Nature Park. Sumarski list 134:475-486 [ER 1298]
Geography
Country: Croatia


Coordinate: 45° 55' N, 15° 58' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "along the central profile of Mt. Medvednica"
coordinate based on Medvednica

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 6.9

MAP: 1262.0

Habitat comments: a "mature" stand of "Querco–Castaneetum sativae" forest
climate data are for Mount Medvednica and are from Vukovic et al. (2010, Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae)

Methods
Life forms: ants,ground beetles

Sampling methods: quadrat,pitfall traps

Sample size: 5487 individuals

Years: 2001, 2002

Seasons: winter,spring,summer,autumn

Nets or traps: 16

Sampling comments: "16 pitfall traps... placed in a regular rectangular net with cell size of 10 x 10 meters placed five meters from the edges of the plot... Traps were filled with ethanol (96%), acetic acid (9%) and water in equal proportions and emptied every two to three weeks from March 2001 to April 2002"

Metadata
Sample number: 1787

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-10-25 08:52:42

Modified: 2016-01-17 06:28:26

Abundance distribution
32 species
2 singletons
total count 5487
geometric series index: 36.7
Fisher's α: 4.503
geometric series k: 0.7976
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8906
Shannon's H: 2.4970
Good's u: 0.9996
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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