El Rancho (rodents)
Basic information
Sample name: El Rancho (rodents)
Reference: F. Barragán, C. Lorenzo, A. Morón, M. A. Briones-Salas, and S. López. 2010. Bat and rodent diversity in a fragmented landscape on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. Tropical Conservation Science 3(1):1-16 [ER 394]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Oaxaca
Coordinate: 16° 24' N, 95° 38' W
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Geography comments: altitude 50 to 150 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 27.6
MAP: 932.0
Habitat comments: "The climate is warm, subhumid, with rainfall between June and October, and a dry season from March through May"
this is the least disturbed (26% pasture) of four study areas, but also includes secondary vegetation (27%)
MAT and MAP given in text
this is the least disturbed (26% pasture) of four study areas, but also includes secondary vegetation (27%)
MAT and MAP given in text
Methods
Life forms: rodents
Sampling methods: quadrat, Sherman traps
Sample size: 57 individuals
Years: 2006
Days: 6
Nets or traps: 100
Net or trap nights: 600
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: capture-recapture protocol with rodents being "captured with 100 ShermanTM live traps placed in a radial formation starting at the center of each landscape unit and left in the field for three consecutive nights" during each of two periods
Metadata
Sample no: 1364
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-24 10:16:40
Modified: 2016-06-19 02:58:07
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
2 species
0 singleton
total count 57
geometric series index: not computable
Fisher's α: not computable
geometric series k: 1.0
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.115
Shannon's H: 0.2541
Good's u: 1
Register
| Baiomys musculus | 4 | 12.3 g |
| Liomys pictus | 53 | |