Sample name: Mokolodi Nature Reserve

Reference: E. R. Saetnan and C. Skarpe. 2006. The effect of ungulate grazing on a small mammal community in southeastern Botswana. African Zoology 41(1):9-16 [ER 858]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: secondary forest

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 22.0

MAP: 538.0

Habitat comments: "mixed shrub and tree savanna... dominated by Acacia tortilis"; the area was a cattle ranch through 1986
MAP stated in text; MAT is for Gaborone and is from Titus et al. (2012)

Life forms: rodents, other small mammals

Sites: 6

Sampling methods: quadrat, baited, Sherman traps

Sample size: 252 individuals

Years: 1998

Days: 15

Nets or traps: 384

Net or trap nights: 5760

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "three pairs of 2.25 ha (150 × 150 m) exclosure and control plots, with 30 m between the exclosure and control plots in each pair, and 1–2 km between each pair... Small mammals were trapped in an 80 × 80 m square in the northwestern corner of every control and exclosure plot" using one medium and one large peanut butter, rolled oats, dried fruit and bacon fat-baited Sherman trap at each station; there were 64 stations per plot

Sample no: 1223

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-16 11:44:36

Modified: 2015-10-04 10:29:25