Otongachi (clay banks)
Basic information
Sample name: Otongachi (clay banks)

Reference: G. Ramón, A. Barragân, and D. A. Donoso. 2013. Can clay banks increase the local ant species richness of a montane forest?. Métodos en EcologĂ­a y Sistemâtica 8(2):37-53 [ER 529]
Geography
Country: Ecuador

State: Pichincha


Coordinate: 1° 19' 0" S, 78° 57' 15" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: secondary forest

Substrate: leaf litter

MAT: 21.0

MAP: 1500.0

Habitat comments: near La Unión del Toachi
daily min/max 16/27

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sites: 1

Site length: 400

Sampling methods: line transect,Winkler apparatus

Sample size: 472 individuals

Years: 2009

Days: 6

Sampling comments: 20 1 m2 Winkler samples spaced at least 20 m apart on a single transect

Metadata
Sample number: 900

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-05-03 20:16:30

Modified: 2014-05-03 10:24:01

Abundance distribution
39 species
9 singletons
total count 472
geometric series index: 66.0
Fisher's α: 10.085
geometric series k: 0.8748
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8509
Shannon's H: 2.5991
Good's u: 0.9810
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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