Dwellingup (Plavins burnt jarrah)
Basic information
Sample name: Dwellingup (Plavins burnt jarrah)

Reference: J. D. Majer. 1978. A preliminary survey of the epigaeic invertebrate fauna with particular reference to ants, in areas of different land use at Dwellingup, Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 1:321-334 [ER 471]
Geography
Country: Australia

State: Western Australia



Coordinate: -32.72° S, 116.06° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Dwellingup
elevation is for 32º 48' S 116º 3' E and is from Grierson and Adams (2000, Soil Biology & Biochemistry)

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: recent fire

MAT: 15.7

MAP: 1250.0

Habitat comments: originally "dry sclerophyll formation, dominated by jarrah and scattered, less dense, marri" that was "prescribe-burnt in the last 1-3 years"
MAP stated in text; MAT is mean of daily min/max 9.8/21.6 given by Stoneman et al. (1996, Tree Physiology)

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sites: 10

Site length: 0.001

Sampling methods: quadrat,pitfall traps

Sample size: 162 individuals

Years: 1975

Days: 1

Nets or traps: 40

Sampling comments: four pitfall traps each placed at the corners of 10 1 x 1 m quadrats

Metadata
Sample number: 1294

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-19 13:30:21

Modified: 2018-06-09 06:18:09

Abundance distribution
20 species
7 singletons
total count 162
geometric series index: 39.3
Fisher's α: 6.003
geometric series k: 0.8091
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8195
Shannon's H: 2.1826
Good's u: 0.9570
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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