Middleback (wide deep pitfall traps)
Basic information
Sample name: Middleback (wide deep pitfall traps)
Reference: J. L. Read, M. J. Ward, and K. E. Moseby. 2015. Factors that influence trap success of sandhill dunnarts (Sminthopsis psammophila) and other small mammals in Triodia dunefields of South Australia. Australian Mammalogy 37(2):212-218 [ER 1219]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: South Australia
Coordinate: 33° 58' S, 137° 45' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: point on map is apparently within or near the Lake Gilles Conservation Park (basis of coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: sand dunes "vegetated predominantly by mallee... and spinifex"
Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals
Sites: 15
Sampling methods: no design, pitfall traps
Sample size: 253 individuals
Years: 2008 - 2012
Days: 20
Nets or traps: 30
Net or trap nights: 600
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "15 sites spaced a minimum of 2 km apart... Each site consisted of a single line of pitfall traps" with each line including two wide deep traps; "Traps were opened for four consecutive nights in March 2008 and in January from 2009 to 2012"
Metadata
Sample no: 1758
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-09-14 20:37:33
Modified: 2015-09-14 10:37:33
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
6 species
0 singleton
total count 253
geometric series index: 6.7
Fisher's α: 1.103
geometric series k: 0.5827
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6414
Shannon's H: 1.2684
Good's u: 1
Register
| Cercartetus concinnus (western pygmy possum) | 9 | |
| Mus musculus | 10 | |
| Ningaui yvonneae (southern ningaui) | 46 | |
| Notomys mitchellii | 134 | |
| Sminthopsis psammophila (sandhill dunnart) | 51 | |
| Sminthopsis sp. | 3 | |
| S. ooldea and S. dolichura | ||