Cape Liptrap Coastal Park
Basic information
Sample name: Cape Liptrap Coastal Park
Reference: P. Homan. 2010. A record of dusky antechinus Antechinus swainsonii from Cape Liptrap Coastal Park, South Gippsland, Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 127(3):88-90 [ER 993]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: Victoria
Coordinate: 39° 54' S, 146° 55' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: coordinate based on Cap Liptrap
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 13.8
MAP: 1060.0
Habitat comments: "Coastal Heathland"
climate data are for Wilsons Promontory National Park and are from Morgan and Nield (2011, Cunninghamia): mean daily min/max 11.2/16.3
climate data are for Wilsons Promontory National Park and are from Morgan and Nield (2011, Cunninghamia): mean daily min/max 11.2/16.3
Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals
Sites: 5
Sampling methods: quadrat, baited, cage traps, Elliott traps
Sample size: 159 individuals
Years: 2009
Days: 20
Nets or traps: 200
Net or trap nights: 800
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "A trapping grid with four transects was established at eachsite. Each transect had five trapping stations, with one cage trap and one Elliott trap set one to two m apart, at each station. Transects were 25 m apart and trapping stations were 10 m apart. Traps were operated for four nights at each site. Baits for Elliott traps consisted of a mixture of quick oats, smooth peanut butter and honey, with sardines added to the mixture for cage traps"
Metadata
Sample no: 1482
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-03-04 14:48:40
Modified: 2015-10-10 06:07:43
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
6 species
1 singleton
total count 159
geometric series index: 8.4
Fisher's α: 1.233
geometric series k: 0.4844
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.631
Shannon's H: 1.1857
Good's u: 0.9938
Register
| Antechinus agilis (agile antechinus) | 9 | |
| Antechinus swainsonii mimetes (Tasmanian dusky antechinus) | 2 | |
| Mus musculus | 14 | |
| Rattus lutreolus | 75 | |
| Rattus fuscipes | 58 | |
| Rattus rattus | 1 | 121.0 g |