Sample name: Chabahar County

Reference: H. Kassiri and M. Sharififard. 2015. A biosystematic and morphometric investigation of the characters of rodents (Mammalia: Rodentia) as reservoir hosts for zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic focus of Sistan-Baluchistan Province, Iran. Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases 10(1):e18823- [ER 1011]

Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "rural areas... mostly a desert landscape due to minimal rainfall... sandy-clay and relatively soft soil"

Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: no design, Sherman traps

Sample size: 70 individuals

Nets or traps: 20

Net or trap nights: 600

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "rodents were collected fortnight using Sherman live traps... cucumber pieces, tomato, roasted almond and date were used in the traps. A total of 20 live traps were placed at the entrance of active and constant rodent colonies, at each sampling... 600 traps were installed during the study period" of five months (apparently meaning 600 trap nights)
all individuals were collected

Sample no: 1501

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-04-25 15:37:36

Modified: 2015-04-25 05:45:59