Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Tomahawk traps)
Basic information
Sample name: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Tomahawk traps)
Reference: C. L. Hice and P. M. Velazco. 2013. Relative effectiveness of several bait and trap types for assessing terrestrial small mammal communities in Neotropical rainforest. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University 316:1-15 [ER 2596]
Geography
Country: Peru
State: Maynas
Coordinate: 3° 58' S, 73° 25' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "28 km southwest of Iquitos on the Iquitos-Nauta highway, Province of Maynas, Department of Loreto"
elevation "110 to 180 m"
elevation "110 to 180 m"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 26.0
WMT: 31.0
CMT: 22.0
MAP: 2945.0
Habitat comments: "low-terrace broadleaf tropical rainforest... terra firme"
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sites: 6
Site area: 2.25
Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,Tomahawk traps
Sample size: 50 individuals
Years: 1997
Days: 10
Nets or traps: 600
Net or trap nights: 6000
Sampling comments: six grids each "comprising a 10 x 10 trap array with 15 m spacing between stations" meaning 10 x 10 x 15 x 15 = 2.25 ha of "effective area... All traps were baited with peanut butter. Each grid was monitored for 10 consecutive nights" in November and December of 1997
Metadata
Sample number: 2863
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-12-16 17:17:30
Modified: 2017-12-16 06:17:30
Abundance distribution
15 species
8 singletons
total count 50
geometric series index: 46.7
Fisher's α: 7.265
geometric series k: 0.8241
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8171
Shannon's H: 2.1227
Good's u: 0.8424
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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