Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve
Reference: L. Fornitano, T. Angeli, R. T. Costa, N. Olifiers, and R. de Cassia Bianchi. 2015. Medium to large-sized mammals of the Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve, São Paulo State, Brazil. Oecologia Australis 19(1):232-243 [ER 2070]
Geography
Country: Brazil
State: São Paulo
Coordinate: 21° 11' 33" S, 48° 5' 16" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "in the municipality of Sertãozinho" with "a total area of 757 ha"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Altered habitat: fragment
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 20.0
MAP: 1868.0
Habitat comments: "five forest fragments ranging from 55.07 ha to 189.21 ha, 300-1000 m apart from each other... pasture and forest fragments of seasonal semi-deciduous forest of Cerrado... surrounded by sugar cane plantations"
climate data are for the Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi and are from Wendt et al. (2011, Flora)
climate data are for the Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi and are from Wendt et al. (2011, Flora)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, other large mammals, other small mammals
Sampling methods: baited, automatic cameras
Sample size: 148 captures or sightings
Net or trap nights: 562
Camera type: digital
Cameras paired: no
Trap spacing: 0.5
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Digital camera traps (Scoutgard SG550) were placed every 500 m in the five fragments... from October 2012 to May 2013... the number of sampling points in each fragment varied from two to six. The cameras were baited with bobcat urine (Lynx rufus, BobcatPee®), banana, and bacon"
Metadata
Sample no: 2011
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-05-23 12:22:50
Modified: 2016-12-17 01:19:18
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
1 singleton
total count 148
geometric series index: 13.0
Fisher's α: 2.11
geometric series k: 0.6739
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7352
Shannon's H: 1.5338
Good's u: 0.9934
Register
| Dasypus novemcinctus (nine-banded armadillo) | 47 | 4.4 kg |
| Cabassous tatouay (greater naked-tailed armadillo) | 1 | |
| Didelphis albiventris (white-eared opossum) | 46 | |
| Dasyprocta azarae | 37 | 2.5 kg |
| Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris | 2 | |
| Puma concolor (cougar) | 5 | |
| Tamandua tetradactyla (southern tamandua) | 4 | 4.8 kg |
| Myrmecophaga tridactyla (giant anteater) | 2 | 29.0 kg |
| Sapajus nigritus (black capuchin) | 4 | |