Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands)
Basic information
Sample name: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands)

Reference: A. B. Stein, T. K. Fuller, and L. L. Marker. 2008. Opportunistic use of camera traps to assess habitat-specific mammal and bird diversity in northcentral Namibia. Biodiversity and Conservation 17(14):3579-3587 [ER 1705]
Geography
Country: Namibia



Coordinate: -20.46133° S, 17.20812° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: grazing,hunting

MAT: 21.0

WMT: 24.0

CMT: 16.0

MAP: 532.0

Habitat comments: "The farmlands surrounding the Park are mostly managed for livestock production and also support populations of wildlife for game farming, trophy hunting, and conservation... The area is dominated by Acacia mellifera and Dichrostachys cinerea bush, characterized as the thornveld biome"
MAP 400 to 500 mm

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals,birds

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 383 captures or sightings

Years: 2006

Nets or traps: 4

Net or trap nights: 200

Camera type: analog

Cameras paired: yes

Trap spacing: 5.4

Sampling comments: four "motion-sensor camera stations" were positioned "between June and October 2006... Each station consisted of two motion-sensor cameras secured to trees at a height of 60 cm, pointing towards the path, but offset from each other at >0.5 m... The minimum distance between nearest stations was 3.0 km and the maximum distance was 7.8 km"

Metadata
Sample number: 1897

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-09 19:44:55

Modified: 2016-12-14 21:56:35

Abundance distribution
35 species
6 singletons
total count 383
geometric series index: 52.2
Fisher's α: 9.372
geometric series k: 0.8845
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9318
Shannon's H: 3.0110
Good's u: 0.9844
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Bos taurus5337 kg
Equus africanus asinus2287 kg
Tragelaphus strepsiceros17189 kg browser-grazer
Oryx gazella10195 kg grazer-browser
Sylvicapra grimmia513 kg browser-grazer
Madoqua kirkii24.8 kg browser
Taurotragus oryx5393 kg browser-grazer
Phacochoerus africanus2582 kg grazer-browser
"Phacochoerus aethiopicus"
Panthera pardus1933 kg carnivore
Parahyaena brunnea848 kg carnivore
"Hyaena brunnea"
Caracal caracal312 kg carnivore
"Felis caracal"
Felis lybica204.5 kg carnivore
Genetta genetta191.7 kg insectivore-frugivore
Acinonyx jubatus142 kg carnivore
Mellivora capensis27.7 kg carnivore-invertivore
Canis mesomelas87.9 kg carnivore
Herpestes sanguineus28465 g carnivore-insectivore
Mungos mungo31.5 kg insectivore-carnivore
Vulpes chama22.7 kg carnivore-frugivore
Otocyon megalotis53.2 kg frugivore-invertivore
Ictonyx striatus2753 g invertivore-carnivore
Papio cynocephalus2116 kg browser-grazer
Lepus saxatilis272.0 kg
Orycteropus afer440 kg insectivore
Pedetes capensis62.4 kg
Hystrix africaeaustralis2815 kg browser
Numida meleagris651.3 kg omnivore
Pternistis adspersus20
Lophotis ruficrista12
Ardeotis kori1104 g insectivore
Tockus leucomelas4211 g
Streptopelia capicola1142 g omnivore
Plocepasser mahali16.3 g
Bubo africanus1 carnivore
Lamprotornis nitens185.6 g