Sokoine University of Agriculture
Basic information
Sample name: Sokoine University of Agriculture

Sample aka: Morogoro

Reference: S. Vibe-Petersen, H. Leirs, and L. de Bruyn. 2006. Effects of predation and dispersal on Mastomys natalensis population dynamics in Tanzanian maize fields. Journal of Animal Ecology 75(1):213-220 [ER 899]
Geography
Country: Tanzania

Coordinate: 7° 51' S, 38° 38' E
Latlng basis: stated in text

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Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: cropland

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: sites were in "a 60 ha farm area consisting of a mosaic of cultivated and fallow land"; clearly a savanna based on the description of fallow land plants
there is "a short wet season approximately from October to December and a long wet season from March to June"

Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals

Sampling methods: no design, owl pellets

Sample size: 384 individuals

Years: 1998 - 2000

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "avian predator pellets"

Metadata
Sample no: 1347

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-22 21:33:36

Modified: 2015-02-22 10:33:36

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
4 species
0 singleton
total count 384
geometric series index: 4.3
Fisher's α: 0.622
geometric series k: 0.4204
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.2799
Shannon's H: 0.5869
Good's u: 1
Register
Mastomys natalensis 323
Lemniscomys rosalia 31
Gerbilliscus robustus 6
"Tatera robusta"
Crocidura sp. 24