Northern Velebit National Park
Basic information
Sample name: Northern Velebit National Park
Reference: N. Sprem, D. Zanella, D. Ugarkovic, I. Prebanic, P. Gancevic, and L. Corlatti. 2015. Unimodal activity pattern in forest-dwelling chamois: typical behaviour or interspecific avoidance?. European Journal of Wildlife Research 61:789-794 [ER 1767]
Geography
Country: Croatia
Coordinate: 45° 58' 55" N, 15° 0' 4" E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: elevation 518 and 1678 m
Environment
Habitat: temperate coniferous forest
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 3.5
MAP: 1898.0
Habitat comments: "Forests cover about 78 % of the study area... and are composed mainly of fir Abies alba and spruce Picea abies; the remaining 22 % of the study area is unforested... The climate is humid-boreal with a Mediterranean influence"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates
Focal species: Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica
Sampling methods: no design, automatic cameras
Sample size: 2425 captures or sightings
Years: 2012
Days: 184
Nets or traps: 15
Net or trap nights: 2760
Camera type: digital
Cameras paired: no
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Camera trapping was conducted over a 6-month period, 24 h/day, from May to October 2012... using 15 Primos® TruthCam 35 trail cameras, randomly placed over the study area, with 11 cameras positioned in forested habitats and 4 cameras positioned in open habitats"
Metadata
Sample no: 1971
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-01-26 10:38:31
Modified: 2018-01-28 01:28:24
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
7 species
1 singleton
total count 2425
geometric series index: 8.9
Fisher's α: 0.884
geometric series k: 0.3585
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.0555
Shannon's H: 0.1723
Good's u: 0.9996
Register
| Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica (chamois) | 2356 | 27.0 kg |
| Ursus arctos (brown bear) | 25 | |
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 19 | |
| Canis lupus (gray wolf) | 12 | 43.0 kg |
| Cervus elaphus (red deer) | 7 | |
| Capreolus capreolus (roe deer) | 5 | |
| Lynx lynx (Eurasian lynx) | 1 | |