Barhal Stream
Basic information
Sample name: Barhal Stream

Sample aka: Yusufeli

Reference: H. Ambarli and C. C. Bilgin. 2012. First record of a melanistic golden jackal (Canis aureus, Canidae) from Turkey. Mammalia 77(2):219-222 [ER 1784]
Geography
Country: Turkey

State: Artvin

Coordinate: 40.83° N, 41.54° E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "in the Yusufeli district of Artvin province... camera traps were opportunistically placed near Barhal Stream and up to 200 m above the stream"
traps were placed between 650 and 1650 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate coniferous forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 15.4

MAP: 350.0

Habitat comments: "a humid temperate region" but "lower elevations of Yusufeli enjoy a drier and warmer climate... Below 1000 m, the land is covered by Mediterranean scrubland and bare rocks... Higher elevations between 1000 and 1500 m are mostly covered by mixed dense forest that is dominated by fir Abies nordmanniana and spruce Picea orientalis... Agricultural plots are small and scattered"
climate data are for Yusufeli and are from Yuksek and Yuksek (2011, Catena)

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates, other small mammals

Sampling methods: no design, automatic cameras

Sample size: 112 captures or sightings

Years: 2009, 2010

Nets or traps: 8

Net or trap nights: 620

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "We used eight Stealhcam digital cameras... from February 2009 to April 2010... The camera traps were on all the time"

Metadata
Sample no: 1991

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-31 16:34:24

Modified: 2016-12-16 23:43:25

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
10 species
2 singletons
total count 112
geometric series index: 15.2
Fisher's α: 2.656
geometric series k: 0.6461
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7301
Shannon's H: 1.6792
Good's u: 0.9823
Register
Canis aureus (golden jackal)519.9 kg
Capra aegagrus (wild goat)21
Sus scrofa (pig)12
Lutra lutra (Eurasian otter)96.1 kg
Lepus europaeus 73.4 kg
Canis lupus (gray wolf)543.0 kg
Lynx lynx (Eurasian lynx)3
Ursus arctos (brown bear)2
Vulpes vulpes (red fox)1
Martes sp. 1