Tangjiahe Nature Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Tangjiahe Nature Reserve

Reference: D. Wang, S. Li, W. J. McShea, and M. F. Li. 2006. Use of remote-trip cameras for wildlife surveys and evaluating the effectiveness of conservation activities at a nature reserve in Sichuan Province, China. Environmental Management 38:942-951 [ER 1790]
Geography
Country: China

State: Sichuan

Coordinate: 33° 37' 30" N, 105° 45' 30" E
Latlng basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "an approximately 300-km2 reserve in northern Sichuan Province"
elevation 1100 to 3200 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 11.0

MAP: 1500.0

Habitat comments: "predominately (> 80%) forested with subalpine meadows at higher elevations and early succession patches along river valleys"
climate data are for Tangjiahe and are from Seidensticker and Eisenberg (1984, Biological Conservation)

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates

Site area: 22400.0

Sampling methods: no design, automatic cameras

Sample size: 483 captures or sightings

Years: 2002, 2003

Seasons: spring, summer, autumn

Net or trap nights: 4515

Camera type: unclear

Cameras paired: no

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "The entire reserve was divided into 71 4-km2 blocks for sampling... only 56 blocks [were] surveyed. All data were collected from March to December 2002 and from March to October 2003, with no data col- lected during winter months... Camtrakker infrared triggered cameras (n = 5) were placed in each block for a 2-week period. Within the survey block, cameras were placed... a minimum of 150 m apart" (number of actual cameras is completely unclear)

Metadata
Sample no: 1998

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-02-06 21:41:29

Modified: 2016-12-17 00:23:51

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
16 species
1 singleton
total count 483
geometric series index: 19.4
Fisher's α: 3.181
geometric series k: 0.7342
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7823
Shannon's H: 2.0478
Good's u: 0.9979
Register
Budorcas taxicolor (takin)206
Muntiacus reevesi (Reeves's muntjac)5011.0 kg
Elaphodus cephalophus (tufted deer)3919.0 kg
Arctonyx albogularis (northern hog badger)338.3 kg
"Arctonyx collaris"
Capricornis sumatraensis (mainland serow)13
Macaca thibetana (Tibetan macaque)2215.0 kg
Sus scrofa (pig)20
Hystrix brachyura 26
Sciurotamias davidianus 15220.0 g
Niviventer andersoni 31
Paguma larvata (masked palm civet)124.0 kg
Rhinopithecus roxellana (golden snub-nosed monkey)712.0 kg
Mustela sibirica (Siberian weasel)3
"Martes sibirica"
Prionailurus bengalensis (leopard cat)3
Naemorhedus goral (Himalayan goral)225.0 kg
Moschus moschiferus (Siberian musk deer)19.3 kg