La Selva Biological Station (Winkler samples)
Basic information
Sample name: La Selva Biological Station (Winkler samples)
Reference: J. T. Longino, J. Coddington, and R. K. Colwell. 2002. The ant fauna of a tropical rain forest: estimating species richness three different ways. Ecology 83:689-702 [ER 501]
Geography
Country: Costa Rica
Coordinate: 10° 25' 19" N, 84° 0' 54" W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: coordinate based on La Selva Biological Station
elevation 50 to 150 m
elevation 50 to 150 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: leaf litter
MAT: 26.0
MAP: 4260.0
Habitat comments: "a mosaic of mature lowland rain forest, second growth forest of various ages, and abandoned pastures"
climate data based on Kennedy and Horn (2008)
climate data based on Kennedy and Horn (2008)
Methods
Life forms: ants
Sampling methods: Winkler apparatus
Sample size: 1415 individuals
Nets or traps: 41
Sampling comments: 41 "sites" collected using the Winkler method
Metadata
Sample number: 868
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-22 14:05:46
Modified: 2014-04-26 01:22:13
Abundance distribution
197 species
50 singletons
total count 1415
geometric series index: 341.0
Fisher's α: 62.190
geometric series k: 0.9817
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9886
Shannon's H: 4.7627
Good's u: 0.9647
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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