Grândola Hills
Basic information
Sample name: Grândola Hills

Reference: M. Santos-Reis, M. J. Santos, S. Lourenço, J. T. Marques, I. Pereira, and B. Pinto. 2005. Relationships between Stone Martens, Genets and Cork Oak Woodlands in Portugal. In Martens and Fishers (Martes) in Human-Altered Environments (eds. D. J. Harrison, A. K. Fuller, G. Proulx), -172 [ER 2626]
Geography
Country: Portugal

Coordinate: 38° 7' 30" N, 9° 34' 30" W
Latlng basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "a 35 km2 area (38º 05'N - 38º 08'N and 8º 29'W - 8º 38'W) located on the Grândola hills. The study area included" the Herdade da Ribeira Abaixo field station
elevation 150 to 270 m

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Environment
Habitat: Mediterranean woodland

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: grazing, hunting

MAT: 15.6

MAP: 500.0

Habitat comments: "cork oak woodland" with "cork extraction in the summer, livestock raising year round, and hunting... from August to February"

Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals

Sampling methods: baited, Sherman traps

Sample size: 589 individuals

Years: 1997

Days: 45

Seasons: spring, summer

Nets or traps: 100

Net or trap nights: 4500

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "we live-trapped in three main habitats" with "a trapline of 100 Sherman live-traps... In each habitat, traps were 10 m equidistant, and baited with a mixture of sardines in olive oil and oats. Trapping was conducted for 5 consecutive nights per season"

Metadata
Sample no: 2873

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-01-26 10:18:42

Modified: 2018-01-25 23:19:02

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
4 species
1 singleton
total count 589
geometric series index: 5.4
Fisher's α: 0.577
geometric series k: 0.5291
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4723
Shannon's H: 0.8281
Good's u: 0.9983
Register
Mus spretus 405
Apodemus sylvaticus 60
Crocidura russula 123
Rattus rattus 1121.0 g