La Huerta
Basic information
Sample name: La Huerta

Reference: M. E. Riojas-López. 2006. Rodent communities in two natural and one cultivated nopaleras (Opuntia spp.) in north-eastern Jalisco, Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments 67(3):428-435 [ER 898]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: Jalisco


Coordinate: 21° 52' 32" N, 101° 37' 16" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Altered habitat: cropland

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 15.7

MAP: 590.0

Habitat comments: "a fruit-oriented, cultivated nopalera [= Opuntia field]... planted in 1989 with plants spaced 3 m along rows that were 5 m apart"
MAT 16 to 18 according to the text
climate data are for Ojuelos and are from Romo–Campos et al. (2010)

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,Sherman traps

Sample size: 155 individuals

Years: 1997

Days: 6

Nets or traps: 100

Net or trap nights: 600

Sampling comments: "Sherman traps baited with oatmeal and vainilla extract in a 10 x 10 grid with lines and stations 8m apart, for two consecutive nights" once each month over three months

Metadata
Sample number: 1346

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-22 20:20:10

Modified: 2015-10-05 05:02:31

Abundance distribution
12 species
0 singletons
total count 155
geometric series index: 14.2
Fisher's α: 3.036
geometric series k: 0.7411
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8251
Shannon's H: 2.0950
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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