Kuala Lumpur
Basic information
Sample name: Kuala Lumpur
Reference: S. Paramasvaran, R. A. Sani, . Krishnasamy, N. M. Amal, L. Hassan, S. N. Mohd Zain, I. Latifah, M. S. Rahmat, J. Jeffery, R. L. Santhana, and S. Selvanesan. 2013. Distribution and morphological measurements of wild and urban rodents from four habitats in the states of Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Veterinary Research 4(2):1-12 [ER 928]
Geography
Country: Malaysia
Coordinate: 3° 11' 30" N, 102° 41' 30" E
Latlng basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: four locations "not more than 15 km from Kuala Lumpur" including two "in the heart of Kuala Lumpur" (coordinate is the midpoint of those given for the locations)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: inhabited area
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "All trapping sites were adjacent to the wet markets and near residential and shop-lot houses"
Methods
Life forms: rodents
Sampling methods: no design, baited, cage traps
Sample size: 97 individuals
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Fruits, banana, coconut, sweet potatoes and dried fish were used as baits... rodents were trapped alive using specially made wire traps measuring 29x22x50 cm"
Metadata
Sample no: 1402
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-26 10:26:21
Modified: 2020-01-14 04:54:55
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
3 species
1 singleton
total count 97
geometric series index: 4.9
Fisher's α: 0.587
geometric series k: 0.2804
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.144
Shannon's H: 0.3158
Good's u: 0.9897
Register
| Rattus exulans | 1 | |
| Rattus rattus diardii | 89 | 121.0 g |
| Rattus norvegicus | 7 | 300.0 g |