Bowen Basin Site A
Basic information
Sample name: Bowen Basin Site A

Reference: A. N. Andersen and A. V. Spain. 1996. The ant fauna of the Bowen Basin, in the semi-arid tropics of central Queensland (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 35:213-221 [ER 474]
Geography
Country: Australia

State: Queensland


Coordinate: 22° 21' S, 148° 47' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 600.0

Habitat comments: "semi-arid tropical" with a November to April rainy season and vegetation dominated by Eucalyptus populnea

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sites: 1

Site length: 15

Site width: 10

Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 120 individuals

Years: 1993, 1994

Days: 2

Nets or traps: 8

Net or trap nights: 16

Sampling comments: "pitfall trapping and baiting, supplemented by direct searches" with 8 pitfall traps spaced 5 m apart on two parallel transects separated by 10 m (i.e., 15 x 10 m) plus a 5 x 2 baiting grid (only the pitfall data are reported); sampling was on one day in each of two years

Metadata
Sample number: 836

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-18 20:31:25

Modified: 2014-04-23 03:18:57

Abundance distribution
19 species
5 singletons
total count 120
geometric series index: 36.5
Fisher's α: 6.355
geometric series k: 0.8136
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8315
Shannon's H: 2.2513
Good's u: 0.9592
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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