Buenos Aires City
Basic information
Sample name: Buenos Aires City

Reference: M. G. Freire and N. J. Schweigmann. 2009. Effect of temperature on the flight activity of culicids in Buenos Aires City, Argentina. Journal of Natural History 43(35-36):2167-2177 [ER 2199]
Geography
Country: Argentina

Coordinate: 35° 35' S, 58° 29' W
Latlng basis: stated in text

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Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: combined

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 17.4

MAP: 1076.0

Habitat comments: "a temperate climate with marked seasonality... The study was conducted in two types of green spaces: an ecological reserve and city parks... The Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve, located on the bank of the Río de la Plata, shows a great variety of environments and highly diversified fauna and flora... The city parks... are mainly covered by herbaceous and gramineous vegetation"
climate data are for Buenos Aires City and are from Fontanarrosa et al. (2013, Neotrop Entomol)

Methods
Life forms: mosquitoes

Sampling methods: no design, baited, light traps

Sample size: 30467 individuals

Years: 1998 - 2001

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "A total of 496 CDC light traps (274 in the reserve and 222 in the city parks) operated for 330 nights between April 1998 and March 2001. Traps were... baited with dry ice as the CO2 source"

Metadata
Sample no: 2233

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-08-16 15:46:17

Modified: 2020-01-14 05:33:15

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
23 species
3 singletons
total count 30467
geometric series index: 27.4
Fisher's α: 2.438
geometric series k: 0.6409
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6298
Shannon's H: 1.5529
Good's u: 0.9999
Register
Culex eduardoi 17782
Culex chidesteri 2476
Mansonia indubitans 3881
Mansonia titillans 1794
Culex dolosus 1299
Culex maxi 674
Culex pipiens 542
Culex bidens 354
Culex brethesi 336
Ochlerotatus albifasciatus 326
Ochlerotatus crinifer 326
Psorophora albigenu 285
Culex renatoi 251
Ochlerotatus scapularis 45
Aedes aegypti 34
Psorophora cyanescens 26
Psorophora ferox 15
Culex coronator 8
Uranotaenia nataliae 6
Anopheles albitarsis 4
Uranotaenia pulcherrima 1
Uranotaenia lowi 1
Uranotaenia geometrica 1