Daniëlskuil (1976, Season 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Daniëlskuil (1976, Season 1)
Reference: T. C. K. Van der Linde, P. H. Hewitt, R. Van Pletzen, D. J. Kok, S. Fourie, D. J. Mostert, and A. Nel. 1982. Species richness and relative abundance of female mosquitoes at a site in the western Orange Free State. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 45(1):57-67 [ER 2769]
Geography
Country: South Africa
Coordinate: 29° 2' 30" S, 25° 55' 0" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "on the farm Daniëlskul situated 30 km west of Blomefontein"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Substrate: ground surface
MAP: 450.0
Habitat comments: "pan turf veld... interspersed with cultivated land" with one of four sampling sites being in a "swamp"
MAP is the mean of three yearly values
MAP is the mean of three yearly values
Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes
Sites: 4
Sampling methods: no design,baited,light traps
Sample size: 120803 individuals
Years: 1976
Nets or traps: 4
Sampling comments: "New Jersey light-traps... were used... suspended 1.5 m above the ground and baited with CO2... One trap was placed at each of the four sites and was operated once a week from 16h00 to 09h00 the next day during the period 1 January 1976 to 31 December 1978... Season 1 extended from January until the first night in which frost occurred" so the number of nights is unclear
Metadata
Sample number: 2962
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2018-05-27 17:29:33
Modified: 2018-05-27 07:29:45
Abundance distribution
16 species
0 singletons
total count 120803
geometric series index: 18.0
Fisher's α: 1.409
geometric series k: 0.4998
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6379
Shannon's H: 1.3828
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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