Malafai Farm (vineyard)
Basic information
Sample name: Malafai Farm (vineyard)

Reference: J. O. O. Rosado, M. G. de Gonçalves, W. Dröse, E. J. Ely e Silva, R. F. Krüger, and A. E. Loeck. 2013. Effect of climatic variables and vine crops on the epigeic ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Campanha region, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Journal of Insect Conservation 17:1113-1123 [ER 485]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Rio Grande do Sul


Coordinate: 31° 16' S, 54° 7' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: cropland

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 23.9

CMT: 11.5

MAP: 1496.0

Habitat comments: a Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard
climate based on station 83980 (Bagé)

Methods
Life forms: ants

Site length: 420

Sampling methods: line transect,pitfall traps

Sample size: 514 individuals

Years: 2009 - 2011

Days: 24

Seasons: winter,spring,summer,autumn

Nets or traps: 24

Net or trap nights: 576

Sampling comments: 20 collection points spread "along three transects (eight pitfalls/transect), each 140 m long" with "a sampling effort of one collection per season (spring 2009 to winter 2011)... The pitfall traps were left in the field for a period of 72 h"

Metadata
Sample number: 3582

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2020-01-03 11:53:47

Modified: 2020-01-03 00:53:47

Abundance distribution
25 species
4 singletons
total count 514
geometric series index: 34.5
Fisher's α: 5.496
geometric series k: 0.8244
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8941
Shannon's H: 2.5741
Good's u: 0.9922
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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