La Mallada Larga (2005)
Basic information
Sample name: La Mallada Larga (2005)
Reference: C. Polidori, P. Mendiola, J. D. Asís, J. Tormos, M. D. García, and J. Selfa. 2009. Predatory habits of the grasshopper-hunting wasp Stizus continuus Hymenoptera: Crabronidae): diet preference, predator-prey size relationships and foraging capacity. Journal of Natural History 43(47-48):2985-3000 [ER 2182]
Geography
Country: Spain
Coordinate: 39° 20' N, 1° 40' W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "at 'La Mallada Larga' of 'Dehesa del Saler'... inside the Albufera Natural Park... we sampled grasshoppers in an area of about 0.25 km2"
Environment
Habitat: Mediterranean woodland
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "a coastal salt marsh with damp sandy soil, affected by periods of inundation, but also by periods of drought and desiccation during summer" but "most of the sampled area (see later) was covered by Med- iterranean pine wood (70%) and bare soil trails and areas.... 25%"
Methods
Life forms: orthopterans
Sampling methods: no design, sweep nets, hand capture
Sample size: 74 individuals
Years: 2005
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "We sampled the grasshoppers in the environment by netting bushes and grasses with an insect net of 30 cm in diameter with a 50-cm handle, or directly intercepting them on the soil or on plants... The study area was visited every one to three days" but the full sampling interval is not stated
Metadata
Sample no: 2209
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-08-06 21:01:12
Modified: 2016-08-06 11:01:12
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
4 species
1 singleton
total count 74
geometric series index: 6.6
Fisher's α: 0.906
geometric series k: 0.3684
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.525
Shannon's H: 0.8528
Good's u: 0.9868
Register